Report Warns Over 3,000, Potentially Harmful Chemicals, Identified in Food Packaging.
'The Guardian' reports that scientists have found over 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals in food packaging and other food-related products.
'The Guardian' reports that scientists have found over 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals in food packaging and other food-related products.
According to the report, two-thirds of those potentially harmful chemicals were not previously known to be found in food products.
A team of international scientists looked at over 1,200 studies measuring chemicals in food packaging, processing equipment, tableware and reusable food containers.
The report was released on
May 19 by the Food Packaging Forum,
a Switzerland-based non-profit.
According to the report, little is known
about many of the 3,240 chemicals
identified or their potential effects on people. .
Pete Myers, report co-author and founder of
Environmental Health Sciences, said that many
of these chemicals are ending up in the human body.
If we don’t know what it is,
we don’t know its toxicity.
The mix of chemicals is just
too complicated to allow
us to regulate them safely, Pete Myers, report co-author and founder and chief scientist
of Environmental Health Sciences, via 'The Guardian'.
If we don’t know what it is,
we don’t know its toxicity.
The mix of chemicals is just
too complicated to allow
us to regulate them safely, Pete Myers, report co-author and founder and chief scientist
of Environmental Health Sciences, via 'The Guardian'.
The Food Packaging Forum said that
many of the chemicals identified are known
hazards, such as phthalates and PFAs. .
The group warned that other chemicals have
not been adequately studied, and their
potential health effects remain unclear.
The full report was published
in the journal 'Critical Reviews
in Food Science and Nutrition.'.
The full report was published
in the journal 'Critical Reviews
in Food Science and Nutrition.'