Plastics - Safe For Use in the Microwave?
Questions have come up about a widely circulated e-mail warning against using plastic containers and wraps in the microwave oven. The warning is alarming and suggests that plastics can contaminate foods with dioxin when heated in the microwave.
In case you have received a similar e-mail and would like to have more information to be able to set the record straight, the following links provide ample evidence that we don't need to throw out our plastics just yet. Of particular interest is the first link to the latest issue of FDA's bimonthly publication, FDA Consumer, which thoroughly examines the internet myth currently circulating about plastics and microwave ovens.