Posted on Sep 21, 2024
Hazardous chemicals in food packaging can also be found in people
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Thousands of chemicals used in food packaging and food production are leaching into food itself.
“It’s [from] your soda can, your plastic cooking utensils, your nonstick frying pan, the cardboard box that your fries come in,” says Jane Muncke, a toxicologist based in Zurich. “It’s retail food packaging, but also the processing equipment, and your [kitchenware] and tableware at home.” LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson Maj (Join to see) MAJ Ken Landgren CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Capt Gregory Prickett Capt Dwayne Conyers MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff 1SG (Join to see) SSgt Richard Kensinger SP5 Dennis Loberger PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette SPC Kevin Ford A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
“It’s [from] your soda can, your plastic cooking utensils, your nonstick frying pan, the cardboard box that your fries come in,” says Jane Muncke, a toxicologist based in Zurich. “It’s retail food packaging, but also the processing equipment, and your [kitchenware] and tableware at home.” LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson Maj (Join to see) MAJ Ken Landgren CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Capt Gregory Prickett Capt Dwayne Conyers MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff 1SG (Join to see) SSgt Richard Kensinger SP5 Dennis Loberger PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette SPC Kevin Ford A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
Hazardous chemicals in food packaging can also be found in people
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Posted 2 mo ago
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Posted 2 mo ago
*sigh* We want to eat safely, but there are still risks whether it be from grocery store or restaurant.
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Posted 2 mo ago
I've always found it ironic that things like vegetables are packaged because those with germ phobias are fearful. Then we get reports like this that infer that the packaging is more harmful than what it supposedly protects people from. What's so hard about washing unpackaged vegetables before consuming them?
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SrA John Monette
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CPL LaForest Gray about the only things we don’t rinse is raw meat. I’ve heard that just spreads anything that might be on it
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SrA John Monette
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CPL LaForest Gray i always rinse off tomatoes too. Even if they aren’t in packaging
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