You should only microwave food in styrofoam containers that have a microwave-safe label. This is to prevent the compound styrene, which has been linked to cancer, from leaching into your food.

Polystyrene—most familiarly produced as foams, including Styrofoam—has given the world cheap, lightweight insulation and containers for taking food to go. But the material biodegrades so slowly that ...

Chances are, if you've purchased takeout, you may have mistakenly called the to-go container "Styrofoam." But did you know that the trademarked brand Styrofoam and polystyrene, the foam within ...

Maine this week became the first state in the U.S. to ban polystyrene, or Styrofoam, food containers; other states also are considering restrictions on plastic foam materials. Styrofoam's light weight ...

San Francisco county supervisors recently adopted the nation’s strictest ban on polystyrene foam, prohibiting its use in takeout containers and shipping materials and barring the sale of foam retail ...

Containers made from Styrofoam or expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam are not safe to use in a microwave, unless they have a microwave-safe label. They may leach chemicals into food, which could increase ...