Any Toxic Danger From Plastic Drying Sheets In Dehydrators

Dehydrators made with toxic polycarbonate bpa it was a big bummer to learn that the excalibur and a few other brands models are made with polycarbonate plastic.

Any toxic danger from plastic drying sheets in dehydrators.

Alpha terpineol benzyl acetate benzyl alcohol chloroform ethanol ethyl acetate linalool and pentane. Even food grade bpa free plastics are not considered safe enough by many people. Many dryer sheets contain chemicals that react with the air to create formaldehyde a probable human carcinogen. Unfortunately dryer sheets can contain some harmful chemicals including hidden fragrance chemicals that lots of people are sensitive to that vent off into the air we breathe and rub off on our clothes and then onto our skin.

One of the most troubling endocrine disruptors is a common ingredient in plastic called bisphenol a commonly called bpa. We were told by excalibur s customer service rep that all of their dehydrators including the stainless steel ones are lined with polycarbonate. According to the air quality atmosphere health study vocs emitted from dryer vents after using popular brands of laundry detergent and scented dryer sheets included chemicals like acetaldehyde. A hot topic in when picking the best food dehydrator is the question of the potential health risks associated with the presence of plastics in food dehydrators and the phenomenon of off gassing.

According to laura n. The blogs listed the following ingredients as toxic components of dryer sheets. Any plastic designated 7 is likely to leach bpa and or bps both potent endocrine disruptors linked to interfering with proper mood growth development sexual function reproductive function. We found this 10 tray stainless steel plastic free dehydrator with an all stainless interior and high quality chrome plated steel trays.

So needless to say in our ongoing quest for all things non plastic and non toxic we sought a dehydrator with plastic free construction and trays.