What are the hazards of disposable tableware to the human body

Many things in today's society are very convenient. Not to mention anything else, just eating out is very convenient. There are so many different restaurants. After eating, you can pack up the leftovers in a disposable lunch box and just throw it away after eating at home, eliminating the trouble of washing dishes. What's more, some people use disposable tableware instead of tableware for convenience. So, is this safe? Let’s talk about the harm of disposable tableware to the human body.

Disposable lunch boxes are mainly composed of high molecular compounds such as polystyrene and ethylene. They are difficult to decompose, toxic, and will not degrade even if buried in the soil for a hundred years. Since it is difficult to degrade, it will also cause new pollution to the environment. It is white pollution. When burning, it will release a large amount of toxic gas and will not rot for two hundred years, causing serious harm to the environment.

At the same time, due to the excessive concentration of harmful substances in the raw materials of some foam tableware, poor process control during processing and excessively high temperature during use, the tableware will become "toxic".

In general qualified disposable plastic tableware, polypropylene accounts for 70% to 80%, and the rest is filler. However, many manufacturers add more than 50% talcum powder, calcium carbonate, etc. to their products, which leads to serious excess of acetic acid in tableware.

Harmful substances will dissolve in the food if it is soaked in hot water, turned in a microwave oven, or even at a slightly higher temperature. Long-term intake can lead to indigestion, gallstones, and liver system diseases. If the tableware contains industrial paraffin, it may even cause cancer.

The above has detailed the harm of disposable tableware to the human body. While this thing brings convenience to people, it also causes harm to the body. The harm is not limited to this. The impact of disposable tableware on the environment is obvious. It damages the environment, mainly by littering, and the fact that its material will not be decomposed for a hundred years is the reason for polluting the environment.