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Polystyrene Food Containers
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Just eaten some food from a polystyrene container - you know the yellow colour type take away ones .
Just noticed that part of the container is sort of deformed , as if it had started to 'melt'
Is it likely that the food would have been contaminated by the container ?
If yes is it dangerous to your health ?
Just noticed that part of the container is sort of deformed , as if it had started to 'melt'
Is it likely that the food would have been contaminated by the container ?
If yes is it dangerous to your health ?
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Styrene can leach from expanded polystyrene food containers into the food and is listed as “reasonably anticipated to be a carcinogen" by US health authorities. However the levels are so low that there's considerable doubt about whether there's any real health risk to people who simply use the containers (rather than to, say, those who work in the factories producing them). There are carcinogens in lots of things, such as crispy bacon, at far higher levels. One food container isn't going to kill you.
Expanded polystyrene containers are banned from use in some parts of the world (such as in New York) but that's because they can't be recycled, rather than through any worries over health risks.
Expanded polystyrene containers are banned from use in some parts of the world (such as in New York) but that's because they can't be recycled, rather than through any worries over health risks.
Jahulaye:
Try taking more note of the tenses in JD33's post.
He, like me, is old enough to remember when chippies displayed signs asking for people to bring in their old newspapers, as that was the only thing that fish and chips were ever wrapped in.
JD33 is simply saying that he preferred his fish & chips in the 'good old days', rather than in the way that they're served nowadays.
Try taking more note of the tenses in JD33's post.
He, like me, is old enough to remember when chippies displayed signs asking for people to bring in their old newspapers, as that was the only thing that fish and chips were ever wrapped in.
JD33 is simply saying that he preferred his fish & chips in the 'good old days', rather than in the way that they're served nowadays.
I beg to differ...
“Styrofoam is hazardous to human health. It contains the neurotoxins styrene and benzene, which are widely accepted to be carcinogens. These toxins can leach into food that’s acidic, warm, alcoholic or oily and into the environment after exposure to rain and other weather. This means that it’s critical that you don’t microwave food in styrofoam or put hot food into styrofoam containers. Out of an abundance of caution, you shouldn’t eat from styrofoam at all.”
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“The National Research Council has affirmed that styrene, often used in food packaging and foam coffee cups, is linked to cancer. What’s the industry’s reaction?”
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“Styrofoam is hazardous to human health. It contains the neurotoxins styrene and benzene, which are widely accepted to be carcinogens. These toxins can leach into food that’s acidic, warm, alcoholic or oily and into the environment after exposure to rain and other weather. This means that it’s critical that you don’t microwave food in styrofoam or put hot food into styrofoam containers. Out of an abundance of caution, you shouldn’t eat from styrofoam at all.”
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“The National Research Council has affirmed that styrene, often used in food packaging and foam coffee cups, is linked to cancer. What’s the industry’s reaction?”
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Yes it is harmful and doesn’t cause problems straight away but can later cause gene mutations, lower testosterone, raise estrangement and cause chemical imbalances and cancers which we’d not link to chemicals and blame old, alcohol/nicotine/ drug/ bad diet/ bad lifestyle for.
It’s nothing to “run to the hills”in panic for but worth keeping an eye on.
It’s nothing to “run to the hills”in panic for but worth keeping an eye on.
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