Some news reports claim the plastic from a water bottle may shed chemicals into the water.有些新闻报道称，从一瓶水的塑料棚到水中的化学物质。
Food processing or storage may accidentally bring random chemicals into the food.食品加工或贮存可能会意外地把随机的化学物质进入食品。Plastics within food may contain chemicals that present a biological danger.食物内的塑料可能含有化学物质，目前的生物危险。For example, many plastic food storage items contain bisphenol A. Studies by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control show that ingesting bisphenol A consistently at high levels could contribute to carcinogen growths in the body.例如，许多塑料食品储存物品包含环保局双酚A的研究中心和疾病控制显示，摄入双酚A始终在高水平，可能有助于在体内的致癌物质的生长。Because of dangers like those bisphenol A poses, it is important for consumers to know how to check for plastics in their food.因为喜欢那些双酚A造成的危险，重要的是让消费者知道如何检查他们的食物中的塑料。
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Look at the plastic container the food is in. Notice Food and Drug Administration labels that indicate the plastic chemicals in the product.看看在塑料容器中的食品英寸注意食品和药品管理局的标签表明在产品的塑料化学品。Avoid plastics that use polycarbonates and phthalates.避免使用聚碳酸酯和邻苯二甲酸盐的塑料。The FDA labels these products PC and PVC, respectively.这些产品的PC和PVC，FDA的标签。
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Read the food's nutritional information.阅读食品的营养信息。Arguably, the more preservatives the food has, the more likely that it went through a long chain of food processing.可以说，防腐剂的食物更多，更容易，它通过对食品加工的长链。This is not to say all foods that are heavy with preservatives will have plastic.这并不是说所有的食物，重防腐塑料。But because the food came from a long processing network, the chances of plastic contamination are high.但是，从一个长期的加工网络，因为食物，塑料污染的机会很高。
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Check how far the food has traveled.检查食品已走过多远。Laura Vandenberg of Tufts University and the American Chemistry Council have argued that the farther a food product has moved in a plastic container, the higher the likelihood that plastic chemicals have shed into the food.劳拉范登堡空军基地的美国塔夫茨大学和美国化学理事会认为，更远的食品在一个塑料容器，塑料化学品进入食品棚的可能性较高的移动。Read the labels saying where the food is from or where it was processed and figure the distance from those places to the locale where you bought the food.阅读标签的食品或处理，并从这些地方的距离图的语言环境，你买的食品。
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Investigate the chemical composition of nonstick cookware.调查不粘炊具的化学成分。Dr. Matthew Hoffman and experts at the organization Healthy Child Healthy World argue that the Teflon in nonstick cookware can combine into food if you don't use the cookware properly.马修霍夫曼博士和组织的健康儿童健康的世界专家认为，特氟隆不粘炊具可以结合成食物，如果你不正确使用的炊具。Both Dr. Hoffman and Healthy Child Healthy World advise consumers not to preheat nonstick pans on the stove, raise the stove temperature to the high setting, or put the nonstick pan in the oven at 500 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter.霍夫曼博士和健康儿童健康世界提醒消费者，不预热不沾锅在炉子上，提高炉子的温度高的设置，或在烤箱华氏500度或热的不沾锅。These situations might break down the Teflon into the food being cooked.这些情况可能会被煮熟的食物分解成聚四氟乙烯。If you want to avoid Teflon altogether, make sure before you purchase cookware that its label explicitly states is is Teflon free.如果你想完全避免聚四氟乙烯，确保在您购买炊具之前，其标签上明确规定是聚四氟乙烯的自由。
Don't heat food in plastic.不要加热塑料食品。Heating food in a nonmicrowavable plastic container could break down the plastic chemicals and increase the likelihood that the chemicals would incorporate into the food. nonmicrowavable塑料容器加热食物会分解塑料的化学品和增加化学品的可能性将纳入食物。
