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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Keep your plastic cool -- that's advice from researchers, after the latest studies show warming up food in plastic containers can release chemicals called phthalates. Doctors warn this increases the risks of high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer.
Dr. Noreen Khan-Mayberry from NKM Environmental Health Sciences, known as The Tox Doc, shares the following advice in an interview with FOX 26 News:
For more information on this topic, visit http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/safe-heat-food-in-plastic?page=8.