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How should I choose plastic food and drink containers?

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How should I choose plastic food and drink containers?

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When choosing plastic food and drink containers, choose recycling numbers 1,2,4 and 5 (less chemicals) or even better, use stainless steel, glass or ceramic containers. Watch pediatrician Alan Greene, MD, discuss the safest types of food containers.

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