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Eating from styrofoam takeaway packs is like eating petrol- Frederick Ofori-Nuako

By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave Health advocates have renewed warnings over the use of styrofoam takeaway containers for hot foods, cautioning that the practice poses serious health risks to consumers.

  • Styrofoam containers likened to eating petrol by health advocates
  • Styrene chemical in styrofoam can seep into hot, oily, acidic foods
  • EPA urges public to use safer alternatives like paper, glass, stainless steel

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