The majority of reviews on kettles made in China with no plastic inside found that they either break quickly or develop bad odours.Īre not recommended because aluminium is a neurotoxin.If your glass or stainless steel kettle has a plastic lid – Beware! There is a tendency for the steam from the kettle to condense onto the plastic lid and drip back into the water making the water taste unpleasant.When the description of the kettle says "All plastic components in direct contact with water are made BPA free" beware!! Current research show that common BPA replacements-BPS, BPF, BPAF and diphenyl sulphone-are as bad if not worse than BPA.
#CAT IN THE KETTLE POISON FULL#
If you're using a plastic kettle and you leave it full of boiling water after you have poured your cup… image what's happening to the remaining water in the kettle… "Plastic water bottles release the toxic chemical bisphenol A at a rate 55 times greater when filled with boiling water than when filled with room temperature water” A study conducted by researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and published in the journal Toxicology Letters identified that:.
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Phthalates can leave a slight change of flavour or odour. HOW TOXIC IS MY KETTLE? Plastic Kettles:Īre not recommended as they may leach endocrine disrupting chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) &/or Phthalates into your boiling water. Below are some guidelines and 3 recommended kettles that are non-plastic and non-leaching. Similar to cookware, finding safer tea kettle alternatives is not easy. Most of us are familiar with the importance of non-leaching cookware but often forget to transfer the same concern to our water kettle that is used many times a day for hot beverages, soup, porridge and even baby formula. You can guess where the disintegrated plastic bits have already gone. A glance inside revealed that the plastic mesh that the water runs through as it is poured from the kettle was half disintegrated.
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The plastic kettle looked tired and weathered. I happened to be in an elderly persons home recently where I offered to make them a cup of tea. Have you looked in your plastic kettle lately? Interested in a other blogs in the series? Toxic Tea Leaves & Blends | My Tea Bag is Plastic | Sugar, Milk, Water Pollutants Welcome to last part of this blog series.