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New report reveals troubling details about 'microwave-safe' containers: 'People think they're making a harmless choice'
A new study has shown that microwave-friendly plastics aren't as safe as advertised, as the microplastics they shed can cause health risks. What's happening? Greenpeace examined 24 published research papers around microplastics and found that even containers marketed as "microwave-safe" still shed a range of harmful particles into food, including over 4,200 substances ranging from bisphenols, phthalates, and PFAS to antimony and others. One of…
The preparations packaged in plastic containers, with the label “safety for microunde”, are convenient, but extremely expensive for health and planet, according to a study published by Greenpeace...
Greenpeace: “Safe to heat” containers release hundreds of thousands of microplastics
Heating plastic-packaged ready meals—even those labeled as “safe to heat”—and takeout foods in microwaves or ovens can release hundreds of thousands of microplastic and nanoplastic particles, along with toxic chemicals, directly into food, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace International.
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