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Food and Cooking@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

Even ‘microwave safe’ plastic containers can release microplastics into meals, new study warns

www.independent.co.uk

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Even ‘microwave safe’ plastic containers can release microplastics into meals, new study warns

www.independent.co.uk

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Food and Cooking@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 months ago

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Even ‘microwave safe’ plastic containers can release microplastics into meals

www.independent.co.uk

Heat can trigger release of microplastics and nanoplastics as well as chemicals linked to hormone disruption, infertility and certain cancers

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tl;dr: plastic bad, put meal in plate before microwaving it

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