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Before you reheat tonight’s leftovers, it helps to know what actually matters when it comes to plastic food containers, especially as questions about microplastics continue to grow.

Warming up those leftovers in a microwave could put your health at risk. A new study out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found that billions of nanoplastics are released when you microwave ...

You pull leftovers from the fridge in their plastic container and toss them straight into the microwave. It’s convenient, quick, and apparently slowly contaminating your food with chemicals that weren ...

You could set yourself up for some explosions—or worse.