# Cooking in plastic bags and health issues **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** safety\ **Created:** [October 28, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-in-plastic-bags-and-health-issues/825 "2016-10-28T17:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![HunterC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/hunterc/32/878_2.png) [@HunterC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/HunterC)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-in-plastic-bags-and-health-issues/825/4 "2016-11-14T22:40:52Z")
Hi Marco, Here are some helpful links from community talking about plastic and health. > [@Teflon bags](http://community.anovaculinary.com/t/teflon-bags/234): > > Hello, new here. Just got my Anova Precision Cooker. I remember from reading the NY times article that one could use teflon bags instead of Ziplocs. Where do you buy teflon bags? I could not find any on Amazon. Should I not be concerned about using Ziploc bags for cooking? Components of the plastic leaching or contaminating the food, for example. TIA! > [@Plastic safety](http://community.anovaculinary.com/t/plastic-safety/331): > > Hello everyone, I just recently received my Anova cooker and started doing some research into which plastic bags are safe to cook in and after reading through a dozen websites or so, I’m pretty confused. On the one hand, it seems like there is a consensus on the safety of many (perhaps most) types of plastic bags used by vacuum sealers. However, I don’t have a vacuum sealer and am not interested in buying one at this point. Some people use silicon bags but they have so-so reviews on Amazon. I k… Some people like to use silicone bags or mason jars as alternatives. There are a lot of ways to work around plastic if that is a big concern for you 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-in-plastic-bags-and-health-issues/825)._