Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Ticia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Industry propaganda or environmental fact?
> >
> http://www.apme.org/dashboard/presentation_layer_htm/dashboard.asp
>
> I'd like to see the data on glass recycling - no
> question that it's heavier and more fragile, but
> certainly teas and Coca-Cola taste better when bottled
> in glass. I use glass to brew sun-tea, never plastic.
Commercially-produced baby food either comes in glass or in plastic that
we don't have recycling programs for. All the baby food sold at Whole
Foods comes in glass jars.
We buy all our Coca-cola products and other sodas in cans. :) Unless,
of course, it's something like a bottle of soda that's part of a meal
deal for take-out (Boston Market, Mr. Gatti's, etc.) in which case we
just put up
> And while beneficial medical use of plastics abound,
> certain instruments just ought to be...um, sturdier
> than the plastic ones I've had *break* as I've done a
> GYN exam... (the patients are NOT amused!). Metal can
> be autoclaved to destroy all pathogens (hmm, except
> possibly prions? But then, specula aren't used near
> the female brain anyway... ;} ).
No argument on specula materials. :)
Trying to think what plastics were used at my weekly checkup with the
perinatalist nurse today. Let's see -- I think there wasn't any plastic
involved on the scale used to weigh me (1 pound up from last week, which
is pretty good), but I'm sure there was plastic somewhere on the device
used to measure my blood pressure (blanking on the name of that right
now), there was *definitely* plastic in the construction of the device
used to check the heart rate of both babies, the cup I peed into was
plastic. Not sure about the glove(s), probably latex.
> I freeze foods in plastic, but store them in glass in
> the refrigerator. I prefer glass for microwaving as
> well, and for drinking and eating from too.
We use plastic for almost all food storage. I prefer to heat stuff in
or on Corelle if I'm using the microwave.
> Happiness Is A Gift Certificate To Pottery Barn Maru :)
I'd prefer the Corning-Revere outlet, myself. :)
Julia
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