{"id":9449,"date":"2026-03-24T11:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licpackaging.com\/are-we-cooked\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:34:15","slug":"are-we-cooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licpackaging.com\/en\/are-we-cooked\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we cooked?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Heating food in plastic packaging may be much riskier than we think<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/81532\/the-hidden-health-risks-of-plastic-packaged-ready-meals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greenpeace International\u2019s\u00a0 2026 report<\/a>, based on 24 research articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals:<br><br>Heat accelerates the degradation of the material, causing up to 7 times more fragments to be released in the microwave than in the oven:\u00a0<strong><em>5 minutes in the microwave can release up to 326,000\u2013534,000 micro and nanoplastics into the food.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem isn\u2019t just the particles. 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