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Starting a window garden with a plastic bin. Looking deep into chemicals leaching into my organic soil. The bin is #5 plastic which is polypropylene. Many food items are stored in #5 plastics so youd think what could happen? Scientists have found these chemicals in the test tubes, also #5 plastics, fouling up their experiments. ( canada/chilliwacktimes/story.html?id=be27d48b-ef01-4e78-b2bf-c108801884c2 ) Still, under certain conditions, chemicals do leach out. Heat is one, stress to the container such as wrinkling or bending creating microscopic fractures to the surface is another.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:24:48 +0000

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