Are Plastic Containers Safe for Food? Discover Potential Health Risks

Single-use plastics are generally used for takeaway meals here in Singapore. These plastics can flake tiny plastics (that is, microplastics or nanoplastics) into your food, especially under higher temperatures (source). Research available online over the past decade reveal that ingestion of microplastics and plasticisers leached into your food can pose possible health risks. Potential health risks cited in these research papers include reduced metabolism, cancer, infertility, damage to the nervous system, and impediment to the neurological development of children (source).

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