Date:         Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:25:19 -0600
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tin-can westy toaster
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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Yes, as a matter of fact, most cans intended to contain liquids have a coating on the inside.  years ago it was enamel.  More recently it is a plastic that contains the toxic agent bis-phenol A.  FDA is investigating this material as an estrogen mimic and developmental disrupting agent.  The reason for the coating is that tin can leach into acid foods like fruits.   Tin is mildly toxic itself (which is why toothpaste with stannous fluoride is no longer the standard, but rather sodium fluoride.  The stannous fluoride is still available, but only at a higher price, and labeled "professional."  Go figure.

mcneely

---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
> I'll tell you what I know about cans, and this is only because I was in a
> steel can manufacturing facility a few years ago quoting them a software
> solution to their inventory problems.
>
> I asked while I was there about can contents and metals and safety. The
> Manager explained that when the cans are made a thin coating of plastic is
> applied to the inside surface to protect the food from exposure to the
> metals used to manufacture the can and this plastic is what makes modern
> "tin" cans food safe.
>
> So, I wonder what is exposed when that thin plastic barrier burns off?
>
> And if it wasn't safe for what was in the can then how can it be safe for
> your toast???????
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> www.stir-plate.com
> www.towercooler.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> John C...
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 4:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Tin-can westy toaster
>
> >>>>Campers have used coffee cans for decades as cooking pots.  I'll bet
> every mid-twentieth century hobo who ever cooked over a jungle fire ate stew
> out of a coffee pot.
>
> Right out of the Boy Scout Manual too as I recall (1962 :o) !
>
> But food grade or not, I dont think they're thinking that much heat!
> In a stove would be one thing but against your food maybe another?
>
> A strip of stainless with a hook or bent tab, to hold it round when needed?
> And a round, perforated  disc to set on top?
>
>
>
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>
> &&& How many old hobbo's do we still see around?
> maybe that's why?  heh...heh...
> (about as many as  old painters & welders...  ;o(
>
> protect your health!
>
> JC...
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David McNeely