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Question from kris

Hi Debra,

Was wondering if you’ve come across an article by Healthy Child Healthy World regarding the safety of silicone?

healthychild.org/easy-steps/from-bottle-nipples-to-baked-goods-is-silicone-safe/

Was wondering what your thoughts were on this. I was planning of purchasing a few silicone items for baking but am now not sure what to do.
Would plan B be aluminum with parchment paper?

Thank you for your help.

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Question from kris

Debra,

Would “silicone jacketed handles” on a double boiler or steamer be of any health concern? Would the food absorb fumes from them?

Thanks!

Debra’s Answer

With all due respect to Healthy Child Healthy World, I can’t consider an article by them to be a “source” document. Im consider scientific writings about studies to be source documents, and I don’t see any mention of a source document for this article. Did I miss it?

I couldn’t find a source document to back up what they are saying.

I did find an abstract of a paper called Determination of siloxanes in silicone products and potential migration to milk, formula and liquid simulants. which says “Migration tests were performed by exposing milk, infant formula and the liquid simulants to silicone baking sheets with known concentrations of the six siloxanes at 40°C. No siloxanes were detected in milk or infant formula after 6 h of direct contact with the silicone baking sheet plaques, indicating insignificant migration of the siloxanes to milk or
infant formula.”

My personal policy for using silicone is I use silicone baking sheets and spatulas, and just bought a muffin tin coated with silicone. I also use parchment paper, which is paper coated with silicone (I use the unbleached brown parchment paper). To me, these are safer than standard nonstick finish or absorption of metals from metal baking sheets.

I don’t use any colored silicone because I am uncertain about the colorants and their migration.

I don’t see any problem with silicone handles. Silicone does not ourgas, to the best of my knowledge and experience.

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