http://www.parkrecord.com/news/ci_23339779/great-styrofoam-boycott
Styrofoam is not
only bad for the environment, but it's bad for you. And it's not
actually called Styrofoam that is a name trademarked by our friends at
Dow Chemical, the ones who brought us such environmental and health
wonders as Agent Orange, napalm, silicone breast implants, and DBCP (a
pesticide known to cause human sterility). So we should call it
polystyrene which is the technical name for it.
Polystyrene is
hazardous to human health. It contains the neurotoxins styrene and
benzene, both of which are classified by the EPA and NTP as "known
carcinogens" (as opposed to the lesser level "suspected carcinogens" or
how about, "not carcinogens"? There's a novel concept). There is
growing evidence that these cancer causing toxins can leach into food
that's acidic, warm, alcoholic or oily and then into the environment
after exposure to rain and other weather. If this is true, it means
that it's critical that you don't microwave food in polystyrene or put
hot food into polystyrene containers. Out of an abundance of caution,
you shouldn't eat from polystyrene at all.
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