Experts remind: 3 kinds of bowls may have health risks and cause cancer! Please be careful when purchasing

We use bowls every day to eat. In order to attract consumers, many bowls are now colorful and vivid. There are also various materials for making bowls, including ceramic bowls, stainless steel bowls, wooden bowls, plastic bowls, aluminum alloy bowls, and glass bowls.

Because the imitation porcelain bowl is not easy to break, has good heat insulation, and is not oily and easy to clean, it is very popular among merchants in the catering industry and families. But have you ever thought about whether the long-term use of bowls made of so many materials will bring danger to our health or even the risk of cancer?

Experts remind that the following 3 kinds of bowls may have health risks and even cause cancer

1. Imitation Porcelain Bowl

In fact, there are many kinds of imitation porcelain bowl materials on the market, such as PP (polypropylene), PE (polyethylene), PS (polystyrene), PC (polycarbonate) and melamine resin, etc., all of which can be used to make imitation porcelain bowls. Porcelain bowl. But it should be noted that there is a kind of imitation porcelain bowl, which is made of urea formaldehyde resin.

Urea-formaldehyde resin is an industrial raw material, which is obtained by the polycondensation reaction of urea and formaldehyde solution. Due to its low price, the cost of making imitation porcelain bowls is about one-third of that of other materials, but it can affect the body. It can cause great harm to health and may cause cancer. Imitation porcelain bowls made of this material will dissolve formaldehyde at high temperatures, such as when serving hot soup or rice. Formaldehyde has been recognized as a first-class carcinogen, so long-term use of such imitation porcelain bowls may cause cancer.

2. Stainless Steel Bowl

Stainless steel bowls are made of iron as the basic material, and then mixed with other rare metals such as nickel, manganese, molybdenum, etc., but the quality of many stainless steel bowls on the market is uneven, and many of them are doped with heavy metal impurities such as lead or cadmium. If these stainless steel bowls containing heavy metals are used for a long time to hold food, it is likely that the transfer of heavy metals will occur unconsciously, and the heavy metals in the human body will gradually accumulate over time, resulting in chronic poisoning. In addition, studies have found that if a stainless steel bowl is used to hold acidic foods such as vinegar, the migration of heavy metals will be faster and more.

3. Wooden bowl

Many people think that wooden bowls are pure natural and environmentally friendly, but in fact, wooden bowls have very high requirements for use conditions. Although the bowl surface of wooden bowls has a coating, this coating is easy to fall off during long-term use, and every time It needs to be cleaned and dried immediately after the first use, because if the wooden bowl is wet for a long time, it will easily become a culture medium for mold and bacteria, and then using such a wooden bowl will cause gastroenteritis in mild cases, and liver cancer in severe cases.

How to choose the right bowl of different materials

First of all, when buying a bowl, pay attention to check whether there is a QS mark, because the bowls produced by regular brand manufacturers usually have a QS mark and a product certificate. In addition, when choosing imitation porcelain bowls, you should also pay attention to what material they are made of. Generally speaking, PP and PE materials have the highest safety level, while melamine resin is less safe. Even if you choose melamine resin material, you must Choose well-known brands in regular shopping malls. In terms of heat resistance, there are usually explanatory marks on the imitation porcelain bowls, such as A1, A3, A5, A8 grades. The higher the grade, the better the heat resistance.

Although the bowl is common to us, we need it every day, so even a small bowl may become a time bomb that threatens our health. Choose carefully when buying and use it correctly, so that we can use it with confidence .

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