A new study published in Nature reveals that 25% of over 14,000 analyzed food contact chemicals (FCCs) were found present in humans, with many exhibiting hazardous properties. The research highlights the urgent need to ban the most hazardous chemicals migrating from food packaging and other FCAs into foods.
A new study suggests that hazardous chemicals can migrate from food packaging into the food people eat.Researchers in Switzerland analyzed more than 14,000 known food contact chemicals and prioritized the chemicals that have been frequently detected in food contact materials. Then the team mapped the available evidence for their presence in humans.
The researchers said the results can enable policymakers, public health researchers, and food industry decision-makers to make food contact materials and articles safer, reducing potential human exposure to hazardous FCCs and improve public health.
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