I recently attended an online presentation by Dr. Anne Marie Fine and Dr. Lyn Patrick of Environmental Medicine Education International. Their two-hour discussion was titled “The Elephant in the Room: Cancer Causing Toxicants.”

    I was struck by a scientific reference they provided about chemical exposures from hot liquids in disposable paper cups. These cups are lined with a plastic film. The coating degrades when it comes in contact with hot liquid. In a 2021 paper, researchers reported that they found 25,000 microplastic particles in one cup of hot water after 15 minutes, as well as toxic heavy metals like lead and cadmium.

    If you frequently drink out of these cups, I suggest you reconsider. While some environmental exposures are hard to avoid, this one should be manageable.

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