Think Your ‘Microwave-Safe’ Plastic is Safe? Here’s What You Need to Know—And What to Use Instead

How heating food in plastic exposes you to hormone disruptors, microplastics, and harmful chemicals

In October 2009, Kate, a 49-year-old woman, ate a reheated fish meal from a plastic container. A few hours later, she felt a sharp pain in her chest and had difficulty swallowing.

Doctors thought it was a fishbone. But after finding nothing, a CT scan revealed something shocking: a 3cm piece of plastic lodged in her oesophagus. It had softened in the mic…