Heating plastic containers causes chemicals like BPA, phthalates, and plasticizers to leach into food or beverages.

“So if you put anything in a container that has these chemicals in it, they will, and then put it in a hot environment, they will come out of the plastic and go into the food. So if you, in a microwave, or you put your bottle in the car and the sun comes in and it warms up the bottle, and then the stuff goes into your water.”

“So if you put anything in a container that has these chemicals in it, they will, and then put it in a hot environment, they will come out of the plastic and go into the food.”

“You don't want to mix these chemicals and your food, but if you do, the worst thing is to do it in a heated environment.”

“So, the thing you don't want to do is to put hot liquids into plastic. And believe me, when I was in PA school, I had plastic containers and I took my chicken and pasta sauce and I put it in the microwave and I do myself with microplastics just like the rest of us, right?”

“avoid heating food in plastic containers remember heat can accelerate the leeching of chemicals like BPA into our food into our beverages it also accelerates the oxidation process which then causes more microplastics to be Shed from the larger plastic itself”