About PS foam tableware toxic, on a few years ago, some domestic relevant meetings and raise a Babel of criticism of the media.,back in October 1999, XX evening news, the foam lunch boxes and you "Bye Bye" ": filed carcinogenic toxins" dioxin ", people invariably turn pale at the mention, everyone knows the current use of disposable lunch boxes in the above 65 DEG C high temperature will produce this substance, eat a ton of hot lunch, boiling water, brew a bowl of instant noodles at the same time, dioxins were also absorbed by the body, this really creepy... The information caused great shock, in the country spread like wildfire, successively in many newspapers and magazines in shocking the title race broadcast.
, September 18, 2000, XX daily economic version, entitled "white can not help, green to" report said: "foam lunch boxes and harmful substances will encounter heat release, with the food into the human body, long-term use will affect central nervous, and cause arrhythmia, also can damage the liver and kidney.
In November 2000, the Beijing XX reported to the Kunming X reported a news: Kunming XX hospital, Dr. X said, foam plastic tableware containing bisphenol, will lead to male female change..." , the news in Jiangsu, Guangdong is also widely spread., March 15, 2000, Beijing XX Association released (authority issued) first, refused to use the foam plastic tableware consumer warning: "disposable foam tableware is not easy to recycle, non biodegradable, burning will produce large amounts of harmful gases, when the temperature reaches above 65 DEG C, harmful substances will seep into food, can cause the damage of liver, kidney, reproductive system, central nervous...". Another seventh problems in the association's consumer service guide "foam plastic packaging hazards have?"" Pointed out: "foamed plastic packing in use, on the health of the human body is very harmful, at higher temperature, its internal harmful substances on the precipitation, condensation in the food, especially condensation in the fat, eating people, causing damage to the liver and kidney, also caused people function variation. This phenomenon has been proved by our scientists. Especially instant noodles with foam plastic pollution is more serious, so the foam plastic has become our most serious health killer......."
In March 2, 2001, the Beijing X newspaper, in an article entitled "you dare eat instant noodles bottled" the article said:"... According to experts, the consumption of disposable foam plastic packaging barrel of instant noodles, and even than disposable plastic foam lunch boxes also seriously harm. As long as the temperature exceeds 65 degrees Celsius, it contains the toxic substances such as bisphenol categories will be released into the food. If the raw materials in the production of foam plastic tableware, harmful substances exceeded the standard, poisoning is even greater, can lead to reproductive dysfunction......."
Looking at the news, PS foam on human harm theory, nothing more than the following points:
PS foam plastic tableware heated 65 degrees Celsius will produce dioxin strong carcinogen problem;
PS foam tableware containing residual monomer, or more than 65 degrees Celsius will release the problem of monomer poisoning;
PS foam tableware in the case of heat will be released to the two polymer, melamine and other hazards to the human body material;
Polystyrene containing bisphenol class, leading to the problem of reproductive dysfunction;
The PS in the production process of Freon foam (CFCS), will destroy the ozone layer problem.