On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:32:54 -0400, we...@yahoo.com wrote:

>a quick google search found:
>http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/op-ed/chemdep.shtml
>". Related compounds, pthalates, used in making ubiquitous flexible 
>polyvinyl products

Thats polyvinyl chloride (PVC), not polyethylene (PE, as in PETE or
HDPE), that leaches plasticizers.

PE is generally considered safe for food and water.  The 5 gallon
water jugs you see in stores are PE, as are most other food
containers.

-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF


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