Is PEVA PUL safe to make packaging and reusable lunch bags?

Karen Lee
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We have had numerous discussions on options for vinyl and plastic for the elaboration by the development of a green world. In fact, Kelly said why vinyl was bad and gave even a tutorial on how to do your own oil as an alternative to the vinyl cloth. And he mentioned how PEVA is a better choice of vinyl and how it is used to make many trades, including bags and reusable food wrappers.

And with the back to school us, want to promote the free lunch packaging waste by using reusable lunch bags. But a recent article in the New York Times States, packaging of organic food might be a challenge.

So while we try to do the 'right thing' and go even further, making our own reusable lunch bags and coats, I wonder, are PEVA and PUL based safe food fabrics? Does trying to be green, we propose our health of children at risk through the use of plastic to wrap their food in plastic?

I know that it is not "bad" vinyl which has no chlorine in it but is still plastic, derived from petroleum. But it is safe food because it contains no chlorine and BPA? In fact, some replacements for BPA can be hardly toxic as BPA is trying to replace. Then, how do we know if PEVA is safe for food, just because it is not PVC?

The truth is we simply don't know the long term (s) of this plastic effect even that many household items and toys are now made with it.

Life without plastic Beth has a list of options of packages of food and says that 'professionals' and 'cons' in each of them. Most are probably lined with some kind of plastic, PEVA or PUL. But as she points out, have no contact with children's plastic lunch in a wrapping of lunch or lunch bag is disturbing.

I remember when I was investigating fabrics to make my own reusable wrappers in 2009 and found many artisans that sold to laminted polyurethane fabric called PUL, mainly carried out by a company called Fabrite. I contacted the company to find out if PUL is safe food. The COO of Fabrite, Melody Levy answered and said: "not sell PUL as a tissue that is safe for food and also get to know people use it to that end." "No market, certify or authorize food with PUL storage."

Wow! Do so what was I suppose to do?

I contacted the artisans that sold food wrappings and bags to find out if it uses a "different kind" of PUL was safe food (I thought, maybe, there were different types that were using knew about.) But much to my dismay, they use the same kind: the kind that said Ms. Levy is not safe food. So clearly, these architects were not well aware that it was not safe food or mattered.

Even questions PUL I found an article to use it as a cover of diapers because of chemicals involved in the manufacture of fabrics PUL. Do we want to play our food if the author of this article is still questioning its use as a cover of plastic diapers?

I don't think so.

I know that nylon rip stop lined line too but they are nylon: fabric of petroleum products. I know that it is "Water resistant" and "Tough spot" but still derived and chemically treated petroleum.

I would personally use fairly crude cotton fabric, thicker, better. Nor can sew a surround type of bag to insert your sandwich or strategically to add a couple of pieces of velcro (I know plastic but at least, do not touch food) to wrap the sandwich. Cotton canvas is thicker that the majority of cotton, even if there is a bit of liquid, do not soak through. And it is crude, you don't have to worry about chlorine.

I know making your own sandwich wraps and bags are cheaper to buy them, but really it would be hard in those plastic lined fabrics when making lunch is adjusted to the children. After all, are ourselves not doing lunch to make them healthier? Why risk your health for the plastic wrapping?

Are you using to make their bags and wrappings of food?

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