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.
Any toxic danger from plastic drying sheets in dehydrators.
Other common dryer sheet pollutants include acetaldehyde and benzene things also found in vehicle exhaust that are not considered safe at any level.
The blogs listed the following ingredients as toxic components of dryer sheets.
Most of your small kitchen appliances are toxic but we searched through thousands of blenders dehydrators air fryers multi cookers coffee makers immersion blenders waffle makers pressure cookers food processors and baby food makers to find you the safest nontoxic ones for your family.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alpha terpineol benzyl acetate benzyl alcohol chloroform ethanol ethyl acetate linalool and pentane.
We were told by excalibur s customer service rep that all of their dehydrators including the stainless steel ones are lined with polycarbonate.
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We found this 10 tray stainless steel plastic free dehydrator with an all stainless interior and high quality chrome plated steel trays.
One of the most troubling endocrine disruptors is a common ingredient in plastic called bisphenol a commonly called bpa.