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> Stay away from microwaved food. Stay away from food microwaved in plastic containers?

• robohoe 7y ago
  So stay away from home cooked lunch brought to work?
  • b_tterc_p 7y ago
    Just put it on a plate
  • katbyte 7y ago
    Use something like glass lock and reheat without the lid?
  • lijogdfljk 7y ago
    I switched away from plastic containers to glassware. They're reasonably cheap and I don't worry about microwaving plastic with my food anymore. Note that I still have a plastic top on the container but: A: You don't have to microwave with that top, you could use some other cover. B: I am less concerned (possibly incorrectly) with microwaving plastics if they're not in contact with my food. Can anyone comment on B? Is it safe to microwave plastics if they're not touching food?
    • pkaye 7y ago
      > Can anyone comment on B? Is it safe to microwave plastics if they're not touching food? Depends how things leach out of the plastics. Is it outgassing?
    • Scoundreller 7y ago
      Yes, B makes sense. Contact will cause much more absorption. For the same reasons, heating soup will absorb a lot more than a salad without dressing. Glass also won’t absorb some of your foods. Happens a lot with tomato sauces and plastic. On the positive side, reused plastic is probably safer than fresh plastic, since more of the easily liberated fragments will have already broken free.
      • OrgNet 7y ago
        > Happens a lot with tomato sauces and plastic leave a plastic lid infused with tomato sauce for at least 4 hours in the mid-day sun and it can get rid of the stain
      • sizzle 7y ago
        How about using a silicone bag instead of plastic for heating food, any nasty compounds lurking in there?
  • ars 7y ago
    There are plastics made without plasticizes. Polyethylene most commonly (what soda bottles are made of). Also polypropylene.