Polycarbonate coffe mug?

[techs]

Should I be worried over using a polycarbonate coffee mug?
I recently learned that polycarbonate can release certain chemicals in the presense of hot liquids.
Should I stop using polycarbonate coffee mugs and if so, is there danger from cold liquids too?

 

[Crono]

You should be using ceramics for coffee, don't know why you would want to use polycarbonate for it. Is it one of those double walled clear ones? They're cool looking.

I wouldn't be worried for cold liquids, but I prefer glass for that, anyway. Plastics I only bother to use for disposable stuff.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Crono
You should be using ceramics for coffee, don't know why you would want to use polycarbonate for it. Is it one of those double walled clear ones? They're cool looking.

Yeah. Not only does it look cool it is perfectly shaped for my hand.

 

[h8red]

I personally would try to avoid it. I use a Bodum double walled glass for my coffee. It works great

 

[sdifox]

I use a 16 OZ Coca Cola Bell glass for coffee.

 

[Born2bwire]

I position my gaping maw underneath the drip and just drink as it brews.

 

[Baked]

Get a thermos if you don't wanna get cancer.

 

[Modelworks]

when I see stuff like this, I would rather be safe than sorry.

BPA the stuff that makes polycarbonate bad
March 2009
Sunoco, a producer of gasoline and chemicals, is now refusing to sell the chemical to companies for use in food and water containers for children younger than 3, saying it can't be certain of the compound's safety. Sunoco plans to require its customers to guarantee that the chemical will not be used in children's food products

You can easily get plastic coffee mugs just as good without it, so why take the risk ?

 

[StageLeft]

re. Sunoco, That's almost certainly not because they are sure bpa is bad but because they are sure people who think it is will give them a lawsuit anyway. BPA has become a hot potato chemical. At this point the science is almost meaningless. There are enough alternatives now that if a person has any concern they can choose those.