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hollydolly said:
Did you also know that Black plastics are more likely to contain unregulated amounts of toxic chemicals including heavy metals and flame retardants which can leach into food and pose a hazard to human health. In addition, black plastics are not recyclable due to their colour.

So Cooking utenisl which are traditionally Black..like spatulas ladles etc... should be replaced... and I never use those Black clear lidded plastic disposable dishes that you can buy in Costco for this very reason...



The black color is created by adding a substance called carbon black to the plastic. Carbon black which contains numerous compounds, some of which like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have carcinogenic properties that have lead the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to classify carbon black as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” It is not yet known if carbon black leaches out of black plastic containers into food during microwaving but we would not recommend microwaving food in any color of plastic container (see our fact sheet on microwaving plastics for more details.)

Although black plastic makes up 15% of all plastic recyclables (largely single-use food containers), the vast majority is not recycled because the technology used by recycling facilities to sort plastics cannot “see” the color black. These materials reclamation facilities (known as MRFs for short) use an infrared light (known as Near Infrared or NIR for short) to sort the plastics by color and as carbon black absorbs infrared light, the facility simply does not register black plastics and they do not get sorted for recycling. As a result of this failure, most black plastic items end up in our landfills, incinerators, or littered in our environment after just a single use.

Due to the lack of recycled black plastic, the demand is often met with e-waste (discarded electronics like old computers, phones, TVs, monitors, speakers, and appliances) that contains toxic chemicals such as phthalates, flame retardants, and heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, nickel, chromium, and mercury.
These chemical-laced plastics are melted down, mixed with food grade plastics and turned into children’s toys, single-use utensils and coffee stirrers, hot cup lids, cooking implements, insulated mugs, jewelry, garden hoses, and holiday decorations, among other items.
Why Black Plastic Is Bad News — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution
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No, I had no idea there were important issues with black plastic. Thank you for telling me about it. I used to use the black plastic quart sized containers for freezing meals made in advance.

Thank you!
 

hollydolly said:
Afternoon Peeps of SF..on this grey dull Sunday .....

First day of the clocks going back so it will get dark much earlier this evening...apparently 4.46pm....

Did enough yesterday that I'm not doing very much today....my hands are hurting anyway. For 2 days after i've seen the physiotherapist they don't hurt as bad... but last night I kept waking up with the pain in my arm..... the insurance has only paid for 8 physio sessions, and I've only got 4 more to go... might have to arrange for more...

Have the best day you can .... 🌺 :D
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HI Hollydolly, we turn our clocks back in U.S this coming Sat,11/2 except for 2 states.I think they are Arizona & Indiana
I don't know why we still need to do so Sue
 
WheatenLover said:
No, I had no idea there were important issues with black plastic.
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fyi - there was a big scare last year about it, but then a few months later it turned out the researchers made a math mistake and so their conclusions about the danger were incorrect -- they said the black utensils were putting approx 34,000 nanograms of the toxins into people each day, and they thought the safe daily dose was 42,000 nanograms, but it turned out the safe daily dose is actually 420,000 nanograms, so the black plastic was safely within the daily safe exposure.

Luckily although I freaked out about it all, I hadn't actually thrown away my brand new black spatula yet. So whew, the correction was in time for me.
 

HoneyNut said:
fyi - there was a big scare last year about it, but then a few months later it turned out the researchers made a math mistake and so their conclusions about the danger were incorrect -- they said the black utensils were putting approx 34,000 nanograms of the toxins into people each day, and they thought the safe daily dose was 42,000 nanograms, but it turned out the safe daily dose is actually 420,000 nanograms, so the black plastic was safely within the daily safe exposure.

Luckily although I freaked out about it all, I hadn't actually thrown away my brand new black spatula yet. So whew, the correction was in time for me.
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I think you probably need to do a little more reasearch on it tbh....
 
Just an afternoon shopping trip to the World Market in Redlands, which is a 60 mile roundtrip. They have much more German food
than Aldi's or Trader Joe's although they are on the pricey side. A bit further is the German "George's Market" in Calimesa.

It was a freeway drive. I prefer to go on Sundays when there is the least traffic. Just passing the Riverside Fwy Intersection of 60 and 91.

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I always enjoy a free courtesy coffee with crackers.

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Left: I bought German food for $200, like my favorite Marinated Fried Herring for $8 each, Pumpernickel Bread, Marzipan,
Christmas Marzipan "Stollen" (kind of fruit cake,) Advent's Calendars, etc. This should last for the next six months. -- I love
eating Pumpernickel Bread with Brie Cheese. Sauerkraut is a great pro-biotic, but I like it better cooked with Caraway Seeds.
Right: My pups always love a joy ride. The temperature was below 70 degrees because of the ocean fog, so I could bring them along.

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Been gone since the 18th, because, for some reason, the loss of the daughter all those years ago hit me much harder than before. Lost my head and fell into a deep depression for a bit. Finally came out of it and went to work pulling the transmission back out of big Red so I could change the pilot bushing. (didn't do it when I replaced the clutch... stupid me). Between the Chevy and working on the garden, (added another raised bed for our strawberry plants), I'm sort of back to semi normal.

Just taking it one day at a time. (Humor helps).
 
Morning all, on my early walk at 6:45 temp was 34 as I walked up the street halfway and then came back around the building before breakfast
I'll be going out again shortly crossing at the signal light, walk down the end of the street where local co op{am a member} is located,need a couple items.It takes me 20 min round trip,my long walk of the day Its going to be another sunny day temps in the 50's
The rest of my day read today's NYT,my friend Connie called me last night inviting me to dinner at 5:30,always enjoy being with her. After dinner, tackle the NYT crossword puzzle, watch some of Game#3 of World Series Dodgers vs Blue Jays
Everyone have a great day
 
Good morning everyone. Today was supposed to be raining but chances have gone down so only a couple of times.

Taking husband to have his eyes checked by his ophthalmologist this afternoon. He has some cloudy areas in one eye, so I hope he can be treated for that condition.

It is so scary for people in Jamaica with Hurricane Melissa becoming a category 5 and hitting their Island early Tuesday morning. I hope they can stay safe.

Have a good day, everyone. :)
 
Morning earlybirder's !!! Stayed in bed till 630, but not a
pleasant sleep, rash was bothering me again, and some muscle
aches too, ah well....it has misted outside for several hours now,
and last nite I thought I saw snowflakes, but maybe my imagination kicked in there....ah well....dunno what i AM, UP
TO today, dange it my shaky hands are troubel each day more
and more...saw a kid at my mailbox yesterday afternoon, but
my normal mail kid never came by, so guess someone else
was checking to steal whatever was in there....yesterdAY I
was vry shaky and unsettledd and seems like today is starting
out that way........well hope for the best/////catch u later....;)
 
packleader said:
Just an afternoon shopping trip to the World Market in Redlands, which is a 60 mile roundtrip. They have much more German food
than Aldi's or Trader Joe's although they are on the pricey side. A bit further is the German "George's Market" in Calimesa.

It was a freeway drive. I prefer to go on Sundays when there is the least traffic. Just passing the Riverside Fwy Intersection of 60 and 91.

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I always enjoy a free courtesy coffee with crackers.

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Left: I bought German food for $200, like my favorite Marinated Fried Herring for $8 each, Pumpernickel Bread, Marzipan,
Christmas Marzipan "Stollen" (kind of fruit cake,) Advent's Calendars, etc. This should last for the next six months. -- I love
eating Pumpernickel Bread with Brie Cheese. Sauerkraut is a great pro-biotic, but I like it better cooked with Caraway Seeds.
Right: My pups always love a joy ride. The temperature was below 70 degrees because of the ocean fog, so I could bring them along.

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Packleader..I've decided that you are the REAL life Superman..... :love:
 
Not starting the day with coffee - yet. Forgot to put the grounds in the basket. Oh well. I can hear it gurgling now. No great plans for the day so nothing is delayed.
 
Capt Lightning said:
Start of the birthday season. Today is our son's birthday, Friday is younger daughter's birthday and Saturday is Mrs' L's.
My birthday was last month - Our elder daughter is the only one with a summer birthday.
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we have that in April... 6 birthdays in April..mine...daugher, my nephew... was both my mother and father... best friend....
 
Afternoon Peeps of SF..I just realised I hadn't posted here yet today...🌺🌺

A grim overcast day.. it's now racing towards 3.30pm... and it'll be dark in an hour, that enough to make someone depressed lol...

Anyway I got a parcel delivered this morning. from the post office.. annoyingly they left it right on my doorstep in full view of the road, when there's a clear sign to tell them to leave it round the back... anyway fortunately it was still there when I realised it had been delivered..

Until relatively recently, we could leave anything out front and it would have been safe as houses.. now not so much...:confused:

Have the best Start of the week you can... (y)
 

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