04/10/2023
Repost@dr.Jess.md 🌱Did y’all know that styrofoam,whether containing hot foods or liquids, is dangerous? Styrofoam is made by injecting gases into styrene to make styrene foam, that is known to destroy the ozone layer. In fact, research has shown that it can migrate into the body since 1973.👉🏾Way back in 1986,the Eviromental Protection Agency conducted a National Human Asipose Tissue Survey that collected numerous samples of human fat tissue. It detected styrene residues in all the samples! Styrene is considered a probable human carcinogen, neurotoxin, and endocrine disruptor. The WORST part is that it can percolate due to hot liquids or food and be released inside the body where it does NOT disintegrate. It can last up to 500 years in the environment, disrupting marine life.🔸Styrene is linked to. ✅Pulmonary diseases + cancer ✅Fatigue. ✅Hormonal problems like thyroid dysfunction. ✅mucus membrane irritation.
Solution 🛟Never heat up food in styrofoam or plastic(especially don’t use a microwave which scrambles the molecules of the food), ask for hot food or liquids to be placed in glass, Tupperware, mugs or a thermos. Do not support restaurants that promote styrofoam containers that also ruin the environment. Always check for the number 6 near the recycling symbol as this indicates styrene! Educate your neighbor. They probably don’t know and you may be able to plant a seed that gets passed on❤️🙏🏾
