Order your takeaway and you can bet it’ll come in a polystyrene or styrofoam container.  Until now... According to One Green Planet, New York City has banned restaurants from using them from July 1st. They contain a possible human carcinogen – styrene, and neurotoxin - which as well as possibly damaging the nervous system, carry an increased risk of leukaemia and lymphoma. Because styrene leaches at a fast rate, the containers end up floating … [Read more...]