[at-l] Film canisters

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 08:00 PM 3/1/02 -0500, Walter Daniels wrote:

> > "...I heard that film canisters had chemicals in them from the
> > film." reports
> > Karin.>
>
>I don't think the issue is left over chemicals from the film. They could
>easily be washed out. There are many different kinds of plastic, some of
>which are certified for food use. Presumably the others have stuff in them
>that might leach into food, e.g. the fillers. The leaching is more likely a
>problem with liquids than solids.

As it happens I have some film canisters sitting on my computer 
desk.  Plastic types are identified with a recycle code number. FWIW - Both 
the Fuji and Kodak film canisters are coded "2", the same code that is on 
the plastic bottles my milk comes in.

sAunTerer