Is this Starbucks Tumbler safe ?!
http://www.starbucksstore.com/products/s…
But when I showed it to my mom, she told me to return it because it's plastic. When I looked at the tumbler, it's a #7 plastic i think ? it has a number 7 in the little recycle sign. And it says it's BPA free. So should I return it ? Please help ! :)
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I think #7 is one of the "bad" numbers. However, I would not have bought it because it is expensive for a travel mug. Most of my travel mugs I got free from conventions, school, my parents who got them from conventions... I got a few stainless steel ones from rummage sales and Goodwill for no more than $.50 each. Also, even if it's BPA free, it is still plastic which is still made from petroleum.
I also would not have bought it because it's from Starbucks. I like how they try and promote the travel mugs in their store, but only knock off a dime of their overpriced coffee when one uses a travel mug. Actually, I don't like it, I just find the irony both sad and amusing.
They are bpa free as the title is regulated
EU: Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004
The European Union Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 “concerns materials and articles intended to come into contact with food” and repeals Directive 80/590/EEC and Directive 89/109/EEC.
FDA Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Subpart 175.300
“Resinous and polymeric coatings”.
To avoid risks to human health the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1895/2005 lays down specific migration limits for BADGE (Bisphenol-A DiGlycidyl Ether), BFDGE (Bisphenol-F DiGlycidyl Ether) as well as for NOGE (novolac glycidyl ethers) and some of their derivates.
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