Plastic Cutlery, can be divided into commonly used mineral water bottles, cola beverage bottles, juice bottles, etc. Regarding plastic lunch boxes, it is necessary to pay more attention when heating hot dishes. Does your lunch box meet the standards? Note that only plastic lunch boxes marked with a 5 can be heated.
【Can heating soup in plastic bags cause cancer?】
According to different standards, the number on the lunch box label is different. Generally, there is a triangular mark at the bottom of the lunch box, and there are different numbers from 1 to 7 in this triangle. Below the triangle, there are also some English letters, and different numbers and letters indicate different materials used to make the lunch box, and can also reflect whether it can be heated in a microwave oven.
The main component used to make plastic bags is polyvinyl chloride, and the gas released from it, hydrogen chloride (HCL), is a toxic gas. Especially for plastic bags that have not been inspected by the health department, the content of HCL gas released is much higher than the standard, which is very harmful to the human body and can easily cause cancer.
According to experts, when the temperature of the food contained in disposable foam plastic tableware reaches above 60 degrees, toxic substances will be released from the foam plastic lunch box, which will cause certain damage to the human central nervous system and seriously threaten people's health.
Disposable foam plastic lunch boxes and plastic bags containing food seriously affect our health. When the temperature reaches 65°C, harmful substances in disposable foam plastic tableware will penetrate into the food, causing damage to the liver, kidneys, central nervous system, etc.
In China, the ultra-thin plastic bags we use almost all come from the recycling of waste plastic, and they are produced by small businesses or family workshops. The raw materials used by these production plants are waste plastic barrels, pots, disposable syringes, etc.
During production, the raw materials are first crushed into plastic particles by machinery, then put in a water tank for cleaning (called disinfection), taken out and dried, and then pressed into film by machinery to make various plastic bags. Many people use plastic bags to pack food during meals, which not only harms the environment, but also harms their own bodies.
【Note that only plastic lunch boxes marked with a 5 can be heated】
Many people may not pay attention to the numbers on the plastic lunch box, let alone whether it is suitable for heating. When they see a plastic lunch box, they will put it in the microwave oven to heat it. This practice is undoubtedly wrong. Remember, only plastic lunch boxes marked with a 5 are suitable for heating.
