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The Plastic Chemicals Hiding In Your Food


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The Plastic Chemicals Hiding In Your Food. Consumer reports tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for chemicals commonly found in plastics called bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health. Here’s what they found—and how to stay safer.

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Among the chemicals found by researchers in food were “plasticizers” such as phthalates and bisphenol — chemicals that are used to make plastics more durable. Plasticizers can be found in food packaging and other materials that are used to wrap foods that eventually reach supermarket shelves. Consumer reports tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for chemicals commonly found in plastics called bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health.

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Researchers from the university of western australia (uwa) have developed an online tool to gauge just how much plastic we’re unknowingly consuming through what we eat and drink. Consumer reports tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for chemicals commonly found in plastics called bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health. Consumer reports is back with another sobering investigation into the bisphenols and phthalates — chemicals known as plasticizers —. Researchers from the university of western australia (uwa) have developed an online tool to gauge just how much plastic we’re unknowingly consuming through what we eat and drink.

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