How ready-made meals become contaminated with microplastics when heated

Packaging for ready-made meals is labeled as "microwave-safe," even when it often isn't: Greenpeace warns that heating such foods releases hundreds of thousands of plastic particles.

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So werden Fertiggerichte beim Erhitzen mit Mikroplastik belastet

Verpackungen von Fertiggerichten werden als «mikrowellengeeignet» bezeichnet, auch wenn sie es oft gar nicht sind: Greenpeace warnt, dass durch das Erhitzen solcher Speisen hunderttausende Plastikteilchen ins Essen gelangen können.

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How ready-made meals become contaminated with microplastics when heated

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