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calculoso · 08-17-2010, 05:50 AM

What's bad for us?

From CDNinGER:

There is a rhyme to help you identify your plastics. There are 7 types of plastic and each are normally labelled with a number. Have a look at your nearest plastic bottle for the recycle symbol; in the symbol should be a number (1-7). Here's the little rhyme to help you all figure out if your plastic has BPA or not. "Four five, one two, all the rest are bad for you."So if your bottle has 3 6 or 7 on it, it likely has BPA in it. The only catch is number 7 is a "misc" catagory, and it could pretty much contain anything, meaning it may not have BPA. Thats why some hard plastic producers (number 7) can boast that they do not make products that contain BPA.Hope I helped at least one person avoid that awful stuff.

08-17-2010, 05:50 AM	#20
calculoso Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ontario Exp:	What's bad for us? From CDNinGER: There is a rhyme to help you identify your plastics. There are 7 types of plastic and each are normally labelled with a number. Have a look at your nearest plastic bottle for the recycle symbol; in the symbol should be a number (1-7). Here's the little rhyme to help you all figure out if your plastic has BPA or not. "Four five, one two, all the rest are bad for you."So if your bottle has 3 6 or 7 on it, it likely has BPA in it. The only catch is number 7 is a "misc" catagory, and it could pretty much contain anything, meaning it may not have BPA. Thats why some hard plastic producers (number 7) can boast that they do not make products that contain BPA.Hope I helped at least one person avoid that awful stuff.