Plastic cans are easily found in every household kitchen in India. People use them in large numbers due to cheap, light and good to look at. Whether it is the remaining food, the spices… children’s tiffin or plastic container… It has become the easiest and best option. Nowadays most people take lunch in plastic tiffin box. It is also easy to clean, but do you know how harmful it makes your body to. It slowly acts like poison in the body.

Plastic containers contain chemicals such as Bisphenol-A and Fothlates. When we keep hot food, oil or sour things in them, these chemicals slowly dissolve in the food. These chemicals can reach our body and affect hormonal imbalance, cancer, reproductive problems, growth of children.

Direct effect on health

According to doctors, if you put hot dal, rice or vegetable directly in a plastic box, then the harmful elements present in it are found very fast. Something similar is of oil and pickle, it gets slowly in the food as soon as it goes to the plastic box. Explain that oil is a medium that absorbs plastic poison immediately. Similarly, sour things like tomatoes, lemon or vinegar react to plastic due to acidity and make the food poisonous.

Loss

• Nowadays many people heat food in the microwave, but if the container is not safe, then it starts melting in the heat and the chemicals are found in food. Consuming such food for a long time is like eating poison for your health.
• Keeping spices in plastic is also a wrong habit. Spices like turmeric, chilli and coriander lose their fragrance and taste by keeping it in plastic cans. Sometimes there may also be a chemical reaction between plastic and spices, which directly damages your health.

Environment also damage

Along with health, plastic containers are also a major threat to the environment. They neither easily melt nor recycle. Millions of tons of plastic waste is storage in rivers, seas and soil and spread pollution. Sea creatures swallow plastic and die. This plastic slowly returns to our food chain and reaches the human being. According to media sources, India produces millions of tonnes of plastic waste every year and it also includes a large amount of plastic from homes. In such a situation, a small habit like eating in a plastic container and eating can be heavy on the environment along with health.

remedy

• If you worry about your health and future generations, leave plastic.
• Glass jars or compartments are considered the safest to store food.
• Steel and copper utensils are also durable for a long time, as well as not harmful to health.
• Pickle, sour things and spices should always be placed in glass or ceramic burn.
• Choose children’s tiffin plastic instead of steel.

(Disclaimer: Here information provided here is based on beliefs and information. Read does not confirm any kind of recognition, information.)