Comments on: San Francisco Bay oil spill

By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank

Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:07:00 +0000

Hi Cynthia. I doubt that the container is hazardous just to have around if it's not holding food. But just remember that it's PVC and don't put it in your regular recycling at the end of its life.

(Of course, I'm not a scientist, so that's just my gut feeling.)

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:47:00 +0000

Hi Beth, thanks for continuing to illuminate and educate. After reading your blog about PVC plastic, I went through my cupboards and realized that not only is my enormous Sam’s club container of animal crackers not recyclable, it is also made of pvc! I emailed the Stauffer company about the dangers of the plastic, and I won’t buy it again but I am in a quandary about what to do with the thing! I could use it forever to store things in (not food items), but is it hazardous just to have around? I can’t find the post about #3 plastic to read the details, but I remember something about fumes, etc. If you have any thoughts, please let me know!

By: Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank

Beth in the Fake Plastic Fish Tank — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:02:00 +0000

I had the same thought. How can something so awful look so pretty? And yet the dark spots also remind me of cancer.

By: heather t

heather t — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:41:00 +0000

I gasped at your first photo of the oil floating on the water. It was eerily beautiful. Not that I want oil spills to happen!

I was thinking about running some errands today, but I will wait until tomorrow when I have to take the car out anyway to carpool the kids to school. Thanks for the reminder.