Inaudible_Whale t1_irm4vkp wrote on October 9, 2022 at 9:02 AM

Reply to comment by Carma-Erynna in Reynolds 3000ft plastic wrap box that’s been in my house since 1996. Finally used the last of it today by WannaHearALimerick

How toxic was this stuff? Like, 'omg, if you've ever wrapped your food in this you're gonna die tomorrow'? Or more 'if you've used this 100 times in your life, your chances of getting cancer increase 0.00001%'?

I did notice that cling film was nowhere near as sticky as it used to be when I was a kid but didn't think much of it.

Kirschkernkissen t1_irme7v5 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:15 AM

It's Phthalates /Plasticisers which are the problem. Prolonged expose (like wrapping your food daily in it, especially covering anythig warm or worse warm and fatty) will leech stuff like BPA (or the now legal BPS, which is the same stuff) out in a short while. Consuming plasticiers will within a couple months or max years (the younger you are, the worse) lead to estrogen-like effects, maning bitch tits on teenage boys, lowered sperm count s well as full blown infertility, weight gain and all around fucked up endocrine system rsulting in other hormornal problems. Many affcted simply are already fat and don't thing anything about their gyno or why they feel so groogy and depressed.

The sad thing is, while we outlawed most out of our food chain, we just recently found out that prcatically ALL plastics have similar health outcomes. If you have kids or want any your best bet is to stick to glass or stainless steel click and lock boxes for food storage.

“Almost all plastics leach endocrine disrupting chemicals, BPA-free onces partly even more” >Results: Almost all commercially available plastic products we sampled—independent of the type of resin, product, or retail source—leached chemicals having reliably detectable EA, including those advertised as BPA free. In some cases, BPA-free products released chemicals having more EA than did BPA-containing products. >Conclusions: Many plastic products are mischaracterized as being EA free if extracted with only one solvent and not exposed to common-use stresses. However, we can identify existing compounds, or have developed, monomers, additives, or processing agents that have no detectable EA and have similar costs. Hence, our data suggest that EA-free plastic products exposed to common-use stresses and extracted by saline and ethanol solvents could be cost-effectively made on a commercial scale and thereby eliminate a potential health risk posed by most currently available plastic products that leach chemicals having EA into food products. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190514112629/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/