ono@lemmy.ca to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoDefinitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwavewww.bonappetit.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareMelody Fwygon@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI actually disagree with this cooking MYTH. But; it depends on the TYPE of plastic. Don’t trust takeaway containers or soft and flexible plastics. Hard and rigid plastics are in fact SAFE if marked as “Microwave-Safe”; they HAVE TO BE SAFE to have that marking. DO: avoid soft plastics avoid takeout containers avoid heavily damaged tupperware replace old tupperware plastics once in a while; especially if they’re all scratched/dinged up.
I actually disagree with this cooking MYTH.
But; it depends on the TYPE of plastic. Don’t trust takeaway containers or soft and flexible plastics.
Hard and rigid plastics are in fact SAFE if marked as “Microwave-Safe”; they HAVE TO BE SAFE to have that marking.
DO:
Did you read the article?