Materials used to package and process food contain chemicals that may cause breast cancer, despite regulations, a study has found.
Scientists are calling for stronger regulations on the way that food is processed, packaged and cooked, after a study found that materials used in the food industry may expose the general population to 189 cancer-causing chemicals.'This study is important because it shows that there is a huge opportunity for prevention of human exposure to breast cancer-causing chemicals,' said co-author Jane Muncke, managing director of the Food Packaging Forum , Switzerland, in a statement.
'This resource brings valuable information from thousands of published scientific studies on chemicals in food contact materials together into a single and easily explorable place.'The study authors found that 189 potential breast carcinogens—which could leak into food—had been detected in materials that were commonly used in food processing and packaging: 21 percent of the Silent Spring Institute's total list.
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