Is plastic wrap safe on food in microwave

https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/balanced-living/healthy-living/is-plastic-wrap-safe/

Probably not. Heating in microwave…. Plastic Touching the food, bad likely.

" LDPE may contain diethylhexyl adipate (DEHA), another potential endocrine disruptor that has been linked to breast cancer in women and low sperm counts in men. Since manufacturers aren’t required to list the actual chemical makeup of their plastic wrap on the boxes, consumers are at risk."

my note: And Saran wrap and many others use LDPE b/c it was better than the old stuff.

"heated in microwave ovens. It is possible for DEHA to get into foods, particularly fatty foods such as meats and cheeses. For this reason, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises against using in the microwave any plastic wrap that is not labeled “microwave safe.” To earn this designation, a wrap must pass tests that satisfy the agency. (The same goes for plastic containers that come into contact with food.)"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651320314573

So Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate [DEHA] plasticizer triggers hepatic, brain, and cardiac injury in rats. Aka liver, brain, heart. so that's similar to the di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate DEHP put in contact with human food... and there is worry DEHP will have some DEHA in it.

It is incorporated in the manufacturing of many products like flooring, wall coverings, paints, lacquers, toys, artificial leather, and medical devices (Malarvannan et al., 2019). In many countries, the well-known plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has been substituted with DEHA because of the DEHP induced reproductive toxicity and its endocrine disrupting activity (Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2008, European Commission, 2018). DEHA also allowed for use in food contact products in numerous parts of the world, including the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) (European Commission, 2019, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2019). In 2014, DEHA consumption in the US and Western Europe was 24,000 and 14,000 tons, respectively (Malveda et al., 2015).

DEHA has a wide environmental occurrence due to its releasing into the environment during its synthesis and distribution and in consumer use of finished plastic products (Nehring et al., 2019). DEHA emission into the air was determined in 1994 to be 315,000 kg in the USA (USEPA, 1996). Liang and Xu (2014) estimated emissions of DEHA from crib mattress covers and showed a concentration of 1.05 μg/m3 in indoor air. DEHA was detected in new infant crib mattress covers (4.8 mg/g material), infant's breathing zones while sleeping (8.4 μg/m3) (Boor et al., 2015, Liang and Xu, 2014), dust (2–10 μg/g), and indoor air (5–15 ng/m3) (Rudel et al., 2003). Recently, Fromme et al. (2016) found DEHA in all indoor dust from 63 childcare centers in Germany at 80 µg/g mean concentration. Also, DEHA is widely detected in the aquatic (Barnabé et al., 2008) and indoor environments (Christia et al., 2019, Giovanoulis et al., 2019).



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The slightly good news is our bodies can rid blood of the plasticizers (damn it, which one?) in two days. Liver does it. Bad news is waaay too much in food including general mills cereal. And fast food, except Wendy's and maybe Chick-Fil-A if dont eat fries.

But anything cheese wrapped in plastic is suspect bcuz fat avsorbs easier. Makes me want to only get glass and carton milk (double check… they started putting it on top of paper to waterproof it).