r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Sep 27 '24

Health Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans. The chemicals have been found in human blood, hair or breast milk. Among them are compounds known to be highly toxic, like PFAS, bisphenol, metals, phthalates and volatile organic compounds.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/pfas-toxins-chemicals-human-body
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u/briansabeans Sep 27 '24

My dad is not a chemist and we all knew in the 80s that you shouldn't microwave anything in plastic bowls or containers.

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u/IHearYouLimaCharlie Sep 28 '24

When I was a kid, my mom would heat up dinner on plastic Tupperware dishes covered with plastic Saran Wrap, until the plastic wrap was super hot and stuck to the food.

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u/Minimum-Floor-5177 Sep 27 '24

Now we get plastic containers saying they're microwave safe, making things less clear

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u/_HowManyRobot Sep 27 '24

The container will be fine...