A study reveals that nylon cooking bags can release dangerous nanoparticles into liquids.

A study is showing the potential dangers in the cooking bags for a slow cooker, and mom may want to pay notice. Mealtime can be a frustrating time for a lot of moms out there. It can be a lot to plan and cook meals for her family every night, and there are definitely nights when mom wants to make it as easy as possible. This means that she may pull out the slow cooker. Slow cookers are great ways to get healthy meals that mom can just throw in and forget about. Put it all together in the morning, and by dinner, there is a hot and nutritious meal.

There is even a way to make slow cooking even easier, and that is by using a nylon slow cooker bag, which eliminates most of the clean-up. It seems too good to be true, and it may just be.

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According to Science Daily, a study was done that showed that nylon cooking bags can release dangerous nanoparticles into liquids. This study was done by the American Chemical Society, and it can be read in full here.

The concern is the plastic that these are made out of, and they have the ability to release “trillions” of small particles into every liter of liquid they come into contact with. A lot of popular slow cooker meals involve liquid, like soups and stews, so this could be a potential hazard for the whole family. While this can be worrisome, the research team did state that this still is less than the regulatory limits for consumption.

The researchers wanted to look at these items because they already know that other plastic-type kitchen items have the potential of releasing toxic ingredients into the food, and they wanted to see if it was the same with the popular cooking bags for slow cookers.

While this may not mean that mom has to stop using them, as they did state that they are considered “safe” for consumption, it may get them thinking. Mom may think that it is just not worth the convenience and may stop using it. There is never one right choice when it comes to motherhood, but all mom can do is make the best-informed decision for her family, and that is when studies like this are useful. They keep mom up-to-date on the latest recommendations, and alert her to potential hazards found in everyday items.