On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at 08:50  PM, Keith Thomas wrote:

> The article does not say what sort of contact with the plastic leaches
> the phthalates into food.  It's
> my guess (and I'm not a chemist, so it's only a guess) is that fats
> and oils would be more likely to
> interact actively with the plastics than, say, fruit and vegetables.
> Does anyone know if this is so?
>

darn. I read an article on this a few months ago but now can't remember
where that was. I do recall that they said that tests showed very
little (no?) transmission in normal use with cold foods in plastic
containers. The main source was cling wrap in a microwave. Their advice
was to microwave using glass bowls and tops, no cling wrap.