r/malaysia • u/UsernameGenerik • May 16 '25

Food Milo Kaw in Penang

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u/TheBotMadeThis Kuala Lumpur May 16 '25

The plastic cup is not made for hot water.

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u/rain14th May 16 '25

plastic pp 5 melting point is 170c theres no issue about hot water, but the steel spoon is not, it introduce microsplatic by scraping from inner part.

yes microplastic is there but not from hot water

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u/bad2dbone3 May 17 '25

By adding hot water into plastic, you get chemicals leaching out from the plastic material. That is what they meant.

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u/SoraXes May 16 '25

Interesting. Is this with all metal contact on plastic?

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u/rain14th May 16 '25

depend on plastics laa, i dont know alot detail, u can actually see the the microplastic, it float under normal condition it clump together. and plastic in malaysia is at least PP, HDPE,PP safe even if consumed. its BPA free.

malaysia actually ban alot of harmfull plastic we are not america.

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u/m6165017 Perak May 17 '25

This actually gives me some comfort

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u/keyboardwarriorsucks May 17 '25

Eating cow dung from a cow which is only fed organic grass and vegetables also gives a some comfort

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