WASHINGTON POST • September 17, 2024
Researchers have discovered that of the roughly 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging, 3,601 – or about 25% – have been found in the human body, whether in samples of blood, hair or breast milk. Those chemicals include metals, volatile organic compounds, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, phthalates and many others known to disrupt the endocrine system and cause cancer or other diseases.