Environmental, Health and Fitness

World Health Organization Finds Increased Cancer Risk for Chemical Found in Plastics

U.S. PIRG Education Fund
(Source: U.S. Pirg)
PENNSYLVANIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2018
Contacts: Alex Truelove, Kara Cook-Schultz

After years of scientific research and evidence collection, the cancer agency at the World Health Organization (WHO) has now classified styrene as a “probable carcinogen.” Styrene is a chemical building block of polystyrene, the plastic material used to make styrofoam and many other plastic products.

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“Styrene is in so many of the single-use containers that we use everyday, including foam cups and to-go…

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