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Drinking tea or coffee has become an important part of the beginning of our day. But if you drink it in a plastic or paper disposable cup, then be careful! This habit can slowly affect your health by becoming poisonous.
The cups that you find easy while traveling or in the office, the same cups are delivering thousands of microplastic particles to your body every day and you do not even realize it. Recently, IIEST Chairperson Tejaswini Anantkumar also shared the same thing on social media and advised everyone to carry their own cup while traveling.
What does the research say?
A 2021 study by IIT Kharagpur revealed that when tea or coffee at a temperature of 85 to 90 degrees Celsius is poured into a paper or plastic cup, about 25,000 microplastic particles dissolve in that drink in just 15 minutes. This study was done by Dr. Sudha Goyal. According to them, if you drink tea or coffee in such a cup three times a day, then you are taking 75,000 microplastic particles into your body every day.
What is microplastic and how does it cause harm?
Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic, which are not visible to our eyes, but can cause great harm by entering the body. The coating of these plastic cups contains many harmful chemicals such as...
Bisphenols
Phthalates
Dioxins
What problems can occur?
Hormonal imbalance
Reproductive problems in women and men
Hinder in the growth of children
Obesity
Risk of cancer
Damage to the brain and nervous system
Weakness of the immune system
What to do to prevent it?
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The easiest solution is to carry your own steel or glass cup, especially when you plan to drink hot beverages outside
Safe for health
Less plastic is used
Better option for the environment too
Drinking tea or coffee in a disposable cup seems as easy as it is dangerous. Every day you are unknowingly filling your body with microplastics, which can cause serious diseases in the future.
