Comments on: paper cup HOT, foam cup NOT http://intoxicatedzodiac.com/blog/2008/02/11/foam-cup-out-paper-cup-in/ Astrology of the Cocktail Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paper Cups http://intoxicatedzodiac.com/blog/2008/02/11/foam-cup-out-paper-cup-in/comment-page-1/#comment-6672 Paper Cups Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:02:18 +0000 http://intoxicatedzodiac.com/blog/2008/02/11/foam-cup-out-paper-cup-in/#comment-6672 The migration of styrene from a polystyrene cup into the beverage it contains has been observed to be as high as 0.025% for a single use. That may seem like a rather low number, until you work it this way: If you drink beverages from polystyrene cups four times a day for three years, you may have consumed about one foam cup’s worth of styrene along with your beverage. Mmm…. chem-i-callyyyy… The migration of styrene from a polystyrene cup into the beverage it contains has been observed to be as high as 0.025% for a single use. That may seem like a rather low number, until you work it this way: If you drink beverages from polystyrene cups four times a day for three years, you may have consumed about one foam cup’s worth of styrene along with your beverage.

Mmm…. chem-i-callyyyy…

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