According to a recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, heating your child’s food in plastic food and drink containers in the microwave could be detrimental to their health. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!
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00:00According to a recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
00:03heating your child's food in plastic food and drink containers in the microwave
00:08could be detrimental to their health. In a seemingly harmless parental act,
00:13Money Talks News confirms, microwaving plastic baby food containers can disperse as many as
00:182 billion nanoplastics and 4 million microplastics per square centimeter of the container.
00:24Discovering the impact of these particles on a child's health does require further research,
00:30but the researchers state, when introducing these particles to cultured embryonic kidney cells,
00:35around 75% of the cells died within a couple of days.
00:40The lead author of the study, Qazi Al-Bab Hussain, says,
00:44Just as we understand the impact of calories and nutrients on our health,
00:47knowing the extent of plastic particle ingestion is crucial in understanding
00:52the potential harm they may cause. Many studies, including ours, are demonstrating
00:57that the toxicity of micro and nanoplastics is highly linked to the level of exposure.
01:02The study stresses the need to find plastic materials that are microplastics-free or
01:08nanoplastics-free.