Plastic Safe for Microwave, Freezer
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By PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor  Dear Action Line:  Is this fact or a hoax? -- J.G., Tulsa.    Dioxin microwave container hoax:  A "Johns Hopkins cancer warning: (1) No plastic containers in micro. (2) No water bottles in freezer. (3) No plastic wrap in microwave.
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Apparently, zirconia is a good material for any small device that needs to transmit radio frequency signals. From Crave, CNET's gadget blog.
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BOULDER, Colo. - Whole Foods Markets is reconsidering whether to continue selling a line of microwaveable stuffed animals that an educator said could lead children to believe there is nothing wrong with putting their pets in household appliances.
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Parents worried about toy safety after a record year of recalls can now look through a list of more than 1,200 items that a coalition of public interest groups has tested for lead and other harmful chemicals, though toy industry officials say the list may cause unnecessary alarm.
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Freezing or refrigerating breast milk for over 48 hours can lower some  beneficial properties, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Polyethylene wrapping can help  prevent heat loss by very premature infants when they're born,  a Canadian group of researchers report.
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In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five contained amounts of lead that medical experts consider unsafe &#151; and several had more than 10 times hazardous levels.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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EVERYONE knows that carrots are supposed to help you see in the dark.   Now they can also help you catch a fish or mend your car.   Two British scientists have found a way to turn the vegetable into a solid mouldable material as versatile as plastic and as a strong as carbon fibre.
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By Raloff, Janet  ENVIRONMENT  Nonstick coatings on fry pans and microwave-popcorn bags can, when heated, release traces of potentially toxic perfluorinated chemicals into the air and the food being cooked, a new study suggests.
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If you are a nursing mother, think twice before freezing or refrigerating your expressed breast milk as you could be undermining its crucial antioxidant content.
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Manufacturers and consumer advocates offer a handful of precautions to lessen the chance of a meltdown.
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The fine holiday tradition of returns goes high tech. Here's how to unload unwanted plastic.
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Victor Co. of Japan said today it has succeeded in manufacturing an environmentally friendly DVD with a special plastic synthesized from corn starch.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42127) has announced the addition of Microwaves in Organic Synthesis to their offering.     This two-volume reference work is the successor of the bestselling first edition.
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Two Asian delicacies are the subject of a simmering debate pitting merchants who like to store them at room temperature for hours against food safety regulators who worry the practice could allow bacteria to build up.
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Materials company Pvaxx Research & Development has developed a plastic-looking polymer that degrades into soil when discarded, feeding a sunflower seed contained in a phone cover developed in conjunction with the polymer.