{"id":58608,"date":"2024-12-28T18:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T18:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58608"},"modified":"2024-12-28T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T18:47:42","slug":"expert-warns-against-microwaving-food-in-plastic-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/28\/expert-warns-against-microwaving-food-in-plastic-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Warns Against Microwaving Food in Plastic Containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shanna Swan, a fertility scientist and expert on endocrine disruptors, has warned against microwaving food in plastic containers due to risks posed by harmful chemicals such as BPA and phthalates.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a health podcast, Swan explained that these chemicals, often used to enhance plastic durability, can leach into food when exposed to heat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese substances are not strongly bonded to the plastic, making them likely to escape under heat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Research has linked BPA and phthalates to fertility issues, including reduced sperm quality in men and impaired ovarian function in women.<\/p>\n<p>Swan, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, also cautioned against leaving plastic bottles in hot environments, as this could increase chemical exposure.<\/p>\n<p>She advised switching to glass or ceramic containers for microwaving and choosing organic products to limit exposure to pesticides containing phthalates.<\/p>\n<p>BPA and its substitutes, Bisphenol S and F, are associated with hormone disruption, cancer risks, and hormonal imbalances.<\/p>\n<p>Phthalates, meanwhile, have been linked to decreased testosterone in men and ovarian health problems in women.<\/p>\n<p>Although British food safety authorities have deemed current exposure levels to BPA \u201cnot harmful,\u201d the Food Standards Agency is reviewing new findings.<\/p>\n<p>Swan emphasized the need to reduce exposure to these chemicals, citing their potential role in declining global fertility rates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Safeguarding reproductive health requires urgent attention to these risks,&#8221; she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Dr. Shanna Swan, a fertility scientist and expert on endocrine disruptors, has warned against microwaving food in plastic containers due to risks posed by harmful chemicals such as BPA and phthalates. Speaking on a health podcast, Swan explained that these chemicals, often used to enhance plastic durability, can leach into food when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58610,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58608\/revisions\/58610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}