I've been using Stretch-tite in both the kitchen and darkroom, made by Polyvinyl Films, but nowhere on the package or website does to say what the product is made of. Works well, though... -bill h On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas O. Lindan" < > nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:09 AM > > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Problem with 2 tray hypo (fixer). > > > "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> chlorine in the wrap. Evidently this was a cause of enironmental problems >>> of some sort. >>> >> >> A case of sensationalism by Consumer Reports: >> They found small amounts of vinyl-chlorides were leached >> when fatty foods, wrapped in Saran, were microwaved >> to such a heat as to decompose the Saran. >> >> == >> Nicholas O. Lindan >> Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC >> Cleveland, Ohio 44121 >> > > That may be it, the article on Saran at the Johnson web site warns > against using it to microwave fatty foods. > > > -- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. >