Is drinking hot water from disposable paper cups harmful to the body?

Many people believe that disposable paper cups cannot hold hot water, and even if they do, they cannot hold hot water. For example, when brewing tea, coffee, and other beverages that require boiling water, disposable paper cups cannot be used for drinking. If you must use disposable paper cups to hold hot water, the first cup must be poured out and not consumed.

Why? Because many people believe that hot water will melt the paraffin on the inner wall of disposable paper cups, causing harmful substances on the cup wall to dissolve and precipitate. These harmful substances will be ingested into the body along with the water, and long-term consumption can accumulate toxins in the body, leading to cancer.

But in fact, all disposable paper cups produced by legitimate manufacturers are made from wood pulp raw paper with single-sided PE coating. PE coating refers to the process of coating polyethylene particles on wood pulp paper for coating.

Polyethylene has extremely strong temperature tolerance and its purity is also extremely high, almost without any chemical additives. Nowadays, people use PE coated disposable paper cups that can be used for both cold and hot drinks, with high safety and no need to worry about harmful substances when drinking hot water.

If your partners are really worried, then look for disposable paper cups produced by legitimate manufacturers. For example, if the packaging is poor, the paper cups look of very poor quality, or if there is a pungent odor when hot water is poured, throw them away immediately. Or bring your own cup to drink water, which is both environmentally friendly and safe.