No, it does not.

There have been rumors that instant noodles can cause cancer. Most instant noodles are deep-fried, a process that produces acrylamide, a potential carcinogen.

Acrylamide is a substance produced when high-starch, low-protein foods (such as flour and potatoes) are cooked at high temperatures. Whether it is fried instant noodles or non-fried instant noodles, as long as they are heated at high temperatures, acrylamide will be produced to a greater or lesser extent.

According to Hefei Online, an animal weighing more than 25 kilograms will react only if it consumes 7 grams of acrylamide at one time, while deep-fried instant noodles contain an average of 15 to 80 micrograms per kilogram. Thus, the acrylamide content of instant noodles is far less than the level of health hazards.

Acrylamide is unlikely to disappear completely from the diet, and countries around the world have yet to set limits for acrylamide in food. Therefore, as long as we don't eat noodles three times a day, the acrylamide we consume under normal circumstances is not harmful to human health.

Polystyrene

According to the Beijing Morning Post, the carcinogenicity of styrene was only apparent in "large doses" in rat tests. This "large dose" refers to the order of tens of milligrams per kilogram of body weight.

But there's a limit to what you can do. The Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization has set a safe intake of 0.04 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration believes that styrene released from polystyrene packaging materials is unlikely to reach a dose that is harmful to the human body, so it allows it to be used to hold food. In fact, as long as the intake of styrene does not exceed the safe limit, there is no question of it being hazardous to health.

The above content refers to People's Daily - instant noodles in the "carcinogens", you know?