It's not just food: The plastic packaging your food comes in may carry cancer-linked chemicals, and most go untested | Fortune
It looks like the American consumer has more to worry about than food recalls and cyclospora—a new study found that even the packaging the food comes in may pose some health concerns.Out of over 15,000 food contact chemicals (FCCs), 1,222 or 8% can pose serious health risks, according to a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology. Some of these FCCs, which in general are “substances that come into contact with food, such as through food packaging, pr...
