Polystyrene cups and containers: styrene migration.

@article{Tawfik1998PolystyreneCA,
  title={Polystyrene cups and containers: styrene migration.},
  author={Manal Said Tawfik and Andr{\'e} Huyghebaert},
  journal={Food additives and contaminants},
  year={1998},
  volume={15 5},
  pages={
          592-9
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:28843527}
}
The level of styrene migration from polystyrene cups was monitored in different food systems including: water, milk, take away foods, as well as aqueous food simulants (3% acetic acid, 15, 50, and 100% ethanol) and olive oil.

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