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Even if we were to assume that plastic is not Mekabel Tum'ah according to what the Rambam writes in Hilchos Tum'as Meis 13:3&4 it would not help to block the Tum'ah.
Halacha 3:
These substances convey ritual impurity and intervene in the face of it: over sized wooden vessels, keilim made from stone, animal turds, or earth that are over sized, simple ...
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Based on this article there are a number of points to consider
Anything that absorbs tumah cannot serve as a separation (Rema to Yoreh Deah 371:1)
Anything that is metal or even plated with metal absorbs tumah (see note 15 in article)
If someone enters a forbidden area in a "box or tower that moves through the air" he becomes tameh because a moving ...
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Anything which can contract impurity cannot block impurity from passing through it (Megillah 26b, Shulchan Aruch YD 371:1). A vessel can only contract impurity if it is made from cloth, sackcloth, leather, bone, wood, metal, or earthenware (Rambam Keilim 1:1, see Leviticus 11:32-33 and Numbers 31:22). Plastic therefore cannot contract impurity, so it can ...
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