Global News

[ad_1] The actual number of each particle released by microwaving depended on multiple factors. (Representative Image: Shutterstock) The researchers suspect that kidney cells might be more susceptible to the particles than other cell types examined in prior research Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study. The researchers found that microwaving plastic baby food containers released over two billion nanoplastics and four million microplastics for every square centimetre of container in some cases. The study, published recently in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, also found that three-quarters of cultured embryonic kidney cells had died after two days of being introduced to those same particles. ”It is really important to know how many micro- and nano-plastics we are taking in,” said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, US. ”