British Health: This habit during food preparation causes cancer

The British Health Authority, the NHS, has revealed that reheating meals preserved in plastic containers and then placing them in the microwave, may cause cancer.

The authority said that 38% of cancer cases can be prevented by giving up this habit, according to the Daily Express website.

She explained that when plastic is heated, chemicals can leak, and the main concern is that these chemicals can get into food, and one of the harmful chemicals that cause particular concern is called bisphenol A (BPA), and BPA can be obtained in many products. Plastic, an environmental hormone whose estrogen-like activity causes it to disrupt the hormones, impairing the hormonal balance in the body.

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