Also, a few days after we started this thread I opened our fridge for the first time the next day (probably to get my half and half for the coffee) and just stopped cold and stared: everything on every shelf was packaged or wrapped in plastic. Or foil. Or cardboard with some sort of shiny substance on it (the milk and cream containers).

I was like, "Wtf? I'm gonna switch to glass containers for what reason when everything I buy at the store (even the organic stuff) comes in plastic or something else I don't trust to be safe?" Which means inevitably my next round of online research will be on what do manufacturers put their products in, anyhow. Like, not just the ones in our pantry, but the ones that stay in the fridge or freezer? Because how much good is it doing anyone to get rid of plastic storage containers if everything we buy that goes into cold storage also carries some risk from how it's packaged?