Other common dryer sheet pollutants include acetaldehyde and benzene things also found in vehicle exhaust that are not considered safe at any level.
Any toxic danger from plastic drying sheets in dehydrators.
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.
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.
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.
Many dryer sheets contain chemicals that react with the air to create formaldehyde a probable human carcinogen.
Unfortunately dryer sheets can contain some harmful chemicals including hidden fragrance chemicals that lots of people are sensitive to that vent off into the air we breathe and rub off on our clothes and then onto our skin.
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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Even food grade bpa free plastics are not considered safe enough by many people.
Alpha terpineol benzyl acetate benzyl alcohol chloroform ethanol ethyl acetate linalool and pentane.
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.