A new study reveals that microwaving plastic containers can release billions of nanometer-wide particles into the food they hold. This includes microplastics and nanoplastics, which can be harmful to human health. Despite being approved as safe by the FDA, polypropylene and polyethylene containers should be used with caution when microwaving.
, which are both approved as safe to use by the regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration .
After three minutes of being heated in a 1,000-watt microwave, a variety of liquids put inside the containers were analyzed forParticle numbers varied, but the researchers estimated that 4.22 million microplastic and 2.
Microwaving water or dairy products inside polypropylene or polyethylene products is likely to deliver the highest relative concentrations of plastic, the researchers revealed. Particles were also released when food and drinks were refrigerated and stored atWhat's not clear right now is what these microscopic plastic particles are doing to us. Studies have shown they can potentially be harmful
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