• rapjr9 a day ago

    I've been wondering about plastics in relation to injections, IV bags, and pill containers. Are plastics getting into our bodies from all these, just like they are leaching into foods? Plastics that are directly involved in putting stuff into our bloodstreams seem particularly deserving of scrutiny. Some plastics are less reactive, what is the consensus on those? Maybe nylon is ok? The knowledge that plastics are getting into bodies is relatively recent and it may not be part of the material safety analysis of medical devices. Sometimes plastic containers are sterilized with heat, which might cause the release of plastics or plasticizers later on. It's not clear to me that anyone is even looking at this, the only info a quick web search turned up is on the safety of medical implants. It seems that Teflon is still used for medical implants and some medical hardware has PFAS coatings.