http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/11/20/_microwave_safe_containers_ar Comments On: "Microwave Safe" Containers Aren't by Erica C. Barnett en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by rightsaidHarveyD]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:50:52 -0800 The Stranger
I don't use a microwave. My apartment came with one, and I put it on top of my fridge and haven't touched it since. Anybody want it?

But it's not because I think microwaves are evil. Some nutrients are disproportionately damaged by microwaves. Some are actually spared by microwaves. Everything in moderation. I just don't find them to be any more convenient than using my (gas) stove. And they take up space, which I'm short on.

As for BPA. . . well. . . can we just assume that, if it's not food, it's probably preferable to not eat it? But if we don't eat too much of it, it proooobably won't kill us? Kthx.
Posted by violet_dagrinder]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:58:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Electra]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:27:18 -0800 The Stranger
Finally, a reason why obese people are obese. Microwave plastic. Thank god. I was sure it had to do with eating too much and not exercising. The plastic! It was the plastic all along...
Posted by mkyorai]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:24 -0800 The Stranger the same amount of time as a microwave, then can you tell what part of what you said is not nonsense?
Posted by elenchos]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:10:57 -0800 The Stranger
I don't have a microwave either. Leftovers heat quite nicely in a Vietnamese claypot.
Posted by inkweary]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:56:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:54:51 -0800 The Stranger
Anyway, plastic looks cheap. My old-growth mahogany bowls with inlaid elephant-tusk ivory are much prettier.
Posted by David Wright]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:43:23 -0800 The Stranger heating up any form of plastic is probably a bad thing.

Anyone here check the interior wall of your "paper" to-go coffee cup lately? Happen to know what type of plastic that is?

@6, 8, 11, 17, 18, 21.
As we know, and as logic tells us, small childrens' systems are extra-vulnerable to the poisons around us. So it would seem to make sense that since Infants and Children can't make careful decisions for themselves, it is up to us to take all information into account and make sensible decisions for them:

1. Don't drop baby on it's head, as it will cause long-term dain bramage.

2. Don't feed baby endocrine disruptors, as it will likely cause weird systemic problems in the future.

It's not histrionics, its sensible intelligence.

Duh.
Posted by treacle]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Kendra]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:08:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:05:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by elenchos]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:01:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Julie in Chicago]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by brandon]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:37:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bellevue Ave]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:37:16 -0800 The Stranger
Will, please shut up.
Posted by elenchos]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Keekee]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:02 -0800 The Stranger Fnarf is right?

I'd like to know: just how many of you out there, don' ever use a microwave?
Posted by Keekee]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:20:00 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:18:16 -0800 The Stranger
But this is old news, and Jo Spot @6 is totally right on!

And, but, also there are cancer causing chemicals in jus' about everything you eat on a daily basis. Get over it already!
Posted by Keekee]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:03 -0800 The Stranger
Best choice is always Corning Glass cookware.

But, having done the formula thing to supplement breast milk for a small infant, it's real keen that we here who don't have small infants are saying you shouldn't use the microwave to heat up the formula or breastmilk, but the sleep-deprived parents are probably going to do it anyway.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Colton]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:50 -0800 The Stranger
The instructions on any brand of formula, and at any breastmilk pumping website tell you not to use a microwave. RTFM?

Of course, I'm forgetting "THINK OF THE CHILDREN", the sensationalistic journalist's first rule.
Posted by elenchos]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:07:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Keekee]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:06:52 -0800 The Stranger
We don't yet know how cancer works and we're not going to for awhile. Everything in your refrigerator, your car, your workplace, and your dishwasher right now contains some polymer that has been synthesized in the last 10 years and we don't yet know its full effects. Either go live off the grid in an yurt and eat shit you find in the woods or CHILL THE FUCK OUT. Worrying about every new "finding" is not useful.
Posted by Jo Spot]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:54 -0800 The Stranger