Restaurant plastic container: Due to the busy lifestyle, it has become a common practice to get food from outside nowadays. Whether it is a party, office meeting or guests at home, the trend of tiffin or food delivery from the restaurant has increased rapidly. Most hotels and restaurants serve pack food in plastic containers.
This box looks clean and convenient to see, but do you know that hot food kept in it can gradually cause fatal diseases like cancer? Let us know how dangerous it can be to pack food in plastic containers and how we can avoid it.
How do plastic utensils increase the risk of cancer?
Bisphenol-A and Fothlets
Many plastic containers are made of chemicals such as BPA, which disrupt the body’s hormonal system. When these containers are stored hot food or oil -rich food, these chemicals can be found in food. It can gradually accumulate in the body and cause cancer, hormonal imbalance and infertility.
Plastic response with hot food
Hot food emits toxic chemicals by reacting with plastic. Plastic utensils, especially in the microwave, cause the most damage.
Use of low quality and recycled plastic
Many small restaurants and delivery companies use cheap and inferior quality plastic, which is not worth food. Chemicals emanating from these containers can cause many serious diseases.
Which diseases are high?
– The risk of cancer, mainly breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer may increase.
– Possibility of thyroid and hormone disorders
– Reduction in fertility
– Embryo threatens in pregnant women
– Effect on liver and kidneys
– Diseases like metabolic disorders and obesity can occur.
What to do to avoid this?
-Whenever you order food, ask the restaurant to use food-grade container or aluminum foil
– If the food has come in a plastic container, immediately remove it in a glass or steel container.
– Never heat plastic utensils in microwave. With this, chemicals can reach food directly.
– Many people often use single use plastic container, leave this habit.
Check this number on the container.
A number is written below most plastic food containers, which can be used to determine whether they are safe or not. For example, containers with number 7, 3 and 6 are not considered safe to pack food.
