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Originally published by Kenyanstop
September 26, 2025
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Why Your Hot Packed Food Could be Slowly Killing You
These compounds could be leaching into your food, thereby posing a risk to your health...
✨ Key Highlights
Many Kenyans routinely pack hot food in plastic containers, a common practice that experts warn could be silently harming health due to harmful chemicals leaching into food.
- Plastic containers often contain bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, known as endocrine disruptors.
- These chemicals can mimic hormones and have been linked to potential harm to the brain, behavior, and prostate glands of foetuses and infants, according to the U.S. National Toxicology Program Centre for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction report.
- Heating food in plastic or prolonged storage accelerates chemical release, while freezing can cause microcracks, also leading to leaching.
- Experts advise using glass, ceramics, or stainless steel containers, especially for hot meals.
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