- >1500 chemicals detected migrating into food from food packaging (another ~1500 may also but more evidence needed) | 65% are not on the public record as used in food contact | Plastic had the most chemicals migration | Study reviews nearly 50 years of food packaging and chemical exposure research https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/more-than-3000-potentially-harmful-chemicals-food-packaging-report-shows 952 comments science
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- The poison found in everyone, even unborn babies – and who is responsible for it | Rob Bilott | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/17/dark-waters-pfas-ticking-chemical-time-bomb-in-your-blood 241 comments
- We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/31/americas-tap-water-samples-forever-chemicals 179 comments
- ‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/08/us-cropland-may-be-contaminated-forever-chemicals-study 66 comments
- Revealed: the dangerous chemicals in your food wrappers | PFAS | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/revealed-pfas-dangerous-chemicals-food-wrappers 5 comments
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