Single-use paper cups used for takeaway coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic particles when exposed to hot liquid, University of Queensland researchers have found.
In the US we use a innocent until proven guilty approach to chemicals so many of our products are causing disease, but they have not been proven to cause it beyond a shadow of a doubt so to speak. Even if it is proven to be problematic we will keep using it because the company will simply bribe the government or pay for research to prove otherwise.
“Food safe”, hm?
food safe == not enough to cause cancer in mice. it’s there, it’s causing cancer, just not in a lab rat’s natural lifespan.
Microwave ramen noodle bowls are probably a big source for me.
Stop microwaving your ramen like a heathen and crunch it up uncooked!
If it’s always the same microwave, could you keep a glass bowl or pyrex measure there?
In the US we use a innocent until proven guilty approach to chemicals so many of our products are causing disease, but they have not been proven to cause it beyond a shadow of a doubt so to speak. Even if it is proven to be problematic we will keep using it because the company will simply bribe the government or pay for research to prove otherwise.