Many decades ago, the word ‘Cancer’ sounded strange…like it was a disease restricted to some faraway lands abroad.
It wasn’t common in Africa and most certainly not in Nigeria. But nowadays, cancer has become very prevalent on these shores and has taken the lives of many prominent Africans and Nigerians alike.
So what has changed? What might we be doing wrong now which we weren’t doing back then? Why is there a spike in the number of cancer cases and cancer deaths in Nigeria?
Have you ever had moimoi served to you in plastic or aluminium containers in a fast food restaurant in Nigeria? Or do you cook your moimoi this way at home?
Our ancestors cooked beans pudding also known as moi moi in wrapped leaves. Leaves are organic, natural and harmless. They even give a nice flavour to the beans pudding when cooked.
But today…perhaps for convenience, moimoi are prepared in plastic containers and people still gobble it up, oblivious of the inherent dangers of this modern practice. >>>CLICK TO READ MORE AT SOURCE>> http://www.ngspeaker.com/2016/05/warning-moin-moin-new-silent-killer-of.html

I considered this as a personal opinion and not a fact.

If cooking in plastics is a cause of cancer, then what about other foods stored or served in coolers and other plastics?

As of today, not only one thing had been pinpointed as the cause(s) of cancer but numerous cancer agents. So the leachate from plastics is just a source and if this leachate is that bad then, everyone will die of cancer. This point of view is based on the fact that almost all our lives has been dependent on plastics since the '50s as a result of quest for hygiene, convenience, cheapness and to reduce pressure on natural resources. This was among the reason why the use of plastics became popular. You can imagine everyone in Nigeria using leaves for moimoi, where do you expect that quantity to come from?

Based on the above submission, then a very high percentage of human population are to be dying of cancer because we all use plastics including nylons (for drinking and eating hot things) but the relative death from cancer compared to the total death being recorded is very little.

Therefore, the topic is very alarming, scary and misleading. Am not saying that the plastic leachate is not a cancer causing agent but the way that it is being portrayed is quite frightening but unfounded. Someone who has not come in contact with plastics may still die of cancer and someone who is using plastics all his life from feeding bottle to plastic moimoi may not die of same.

Please let us enjoy our moimoi without fear.