The plastic plague, something else to worry about

[Silent Earth]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cancer-cost-340-BILLION-year-healthcare.html

 

[Brent S]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-cancer-cost-340-BILLION-year-healthcare.html

Plastic has been suspected for a long time to be a 'possible' carcinogen. I try to stick to glass or stainless steel containers as much as possible. We have so many companies making things in the world today that we don't know what they are putting in them or the health consequences of it.

 

[Rob Painless]

 

[WGregMiller]

Lots of people think that way.... sadly...

And I know you aren't one of them lol

 

[Maverick]

Just make sure it's BPA free, I think most preppers already know this but for most of us old people the damage has already been done.

 

[WGregMiller]

Yeah. But hey, a 3rd eye ain't that bad

 

[jontte]

especially if it's pointing back,absolutelly no one can sneak up and surprize you

 

[Silent Earth]

Plastic has been suspected for a long time to be a 'possible' carcinogen. I try to stick to glass or stainless steel containers as much as possible. We have so many companies making things in the world today that we don't know what they are putting in them or the health consequences of it.

So true and not so innocently either, have you guys seen the stories about RICE from China / Basically dont buy Chinese rice only Indian or Californian because the Chinese have been mixing thousands of tons of plastic that looks just like a grain of rice into rice they sell domestically and overseas.

 

[jontte]

nice,you get a "healthy" dose of plastic
crap the ingenuity of man in things like this...

 

[Brent S]

How can recycled milk jugs be cheaper than rice! Luckily, when the Chinese govt catches a company doing stuff like this they come down hard quickly. They don't like those that mess with their image when it comes to trade. If the CEOs of Wells Fargo were in China they would be in prison for life.

 

[Silent Earth]

I store quite a bit of white long grain rice, its not as cheap but I now only store US white long grain rice, bollocks to the far east.

 

[Mountain trapper]

So true and not so innocently either, have you guys seen the stories about RICE from China / Basically dont buy Chinese rice only Indian or Californian because the Chinese have been mixing thousands of tons of plastic that looks just like a grain of rice into rice they sell domestically and overseas.

Better yet, try to not buy anything thats made in China.

 

[Maverick]

Better yet, try to not buy anything thats made in China.

That's almost impossible now days, practically all aspirins are manufactured in china including bayer aspirins and most life saving meds are both manufactured in china and india, india and china are the worlds largest solid/liquid pharmaceutical manufactures and country of origin doesn't have to be listed on the product packaging

 

[Silent Earth]

Better yet, try to not buy anything thats made in China.

Naa they do make some good stuff like the Baofeng UV5 Radios millions of us use for HamCOM, Cloths, shoes, electronics, etc

 

[Mountain trapper]

That's almost impossible now days, practically all aspirins are manufactured in china including bayer aspirins and most life saving meds are both manufactured in china and india, india and china are the worlds largest solid/liquid pharmaceutical manufactures and country of origin doesn't have to be listed on the product packaging

You're right Mav. It is very hard, near impossible in fact, to get everything you might need made somewhere besides China. I do my best to get as many products as possible Made in the USA. I'm not always successful and I do end up buying some foreign made stuff sometimes.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Naa they do make some good stuff like the Baofeng UV5 Radios millions of us use for HamCOM, Cloths, shoes, electronics, etc

Shoes?? Are you kidding? I do agree with you about the electronics though. Reluctantly of course. I also like Chinese food.