This will open a can of worms - Polypropylene = SAFE..?!?

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Lynx_Gen
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This will open a can of worms - Polypropylene = SAFE..?!?

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First thing, before I get flammed on this, I a quick background.

I never looked into the stuff as being safe. As far as i always knew, copper, stainless, (and ptfe and certain corks for gaskets) and the use of lead free silver solder, were the ONLY things known, proven, and considered safe. Those were the only things I would ever use on a still.

Of course I get lookin at youtube vids etc. i came across one using plastic tubing for a take off. Explained it wasnt safe to use etc etc.

That lead to an argument with one fellow that argued that it WAS safe. I basicaly said prove it. he sent me the following link to a study.

I took a quick look at it, and it would seem to me that hes right, but im no expert. or chemist, n only have a basic idea n understanding of what this is saying. So, I thought I would bring this up here, as Im sure theres some people with competent knowledge of this.

Im not trying to argue it, only confirm or deny. It would be great if we could add another material to the safe to use list! I dont wana get mine or anyones hopes up, but there is a potential.

as it is, i would sugest the content itself, as well as the source of the content be taken under scruitiney and considered, that is all I want, with fingers crossed.

so, without further ado, the link:

http://www.borealisgroup.com/pdf/chemic ... tab_PP.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

hope this leads somewhere usefull! :D

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It should say... All plastic or synthetic material is considered to be unsafe unless NASA and GOD prove otherwise!"
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Re: This will open a can of worms - Polypropylene = SAFE..?!

Post by blind drunk »

The paper doesn't say anything about human consumption. The paper's scope focuses on the movement of chemicals using PP as the medium. Human consumption studies would set the bar MUCH higher, one would hope. That's what I got out of it.
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Re: This will open a can of worms - Polypropylene = SAFE..?!

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i dont know why you would bother really with a polly still even if it was deemed safe ?

you cant polish it :crazy:
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To the best of my knowledge there is no minimum amount of lead that's considered safe for human consumption... :think: No lead is good for you... :thumbdown:
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rad14701 wrote:To the best of my knowledge there is no minimum amount of lead that's considered safe for human consumption... :think: No lead is good for you... :thumbdown:
I actually came across this in an article today. The CDC standard is 10 micrograms in 10 liters of blood. Pretty much everybody already has close to that in their blood just from the environment (think years of leaded gasoline, just for one example). Why add more?

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The table might state that polypropylene is safe for ethanol up to 95% BUT take a look at methyl alcohol (methanol) - only up to 5% and only at 20c. As distillers we get this (methanol) and lots of other "nasties" at various point during the distillation process. Plastic in my still NO BLOODY WAY!!!
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maheel wrote:i dont know why you would bother really with a polly still even if it was deemed safe ?

you cant polish it :crazy:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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