Dangerous chemicals found in fast-food wrappers...PFAS was found in bowls, bags, plates, and wrappers, even from companies that say they’ve phased them out.

cbs46.com Atlanta ^ | April 25, 2022 | Staff & Consumer Reports and Harry Samler

[Red Badger]

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Think about that takeout food order you made recently — almost all of it probably came wrapped or boxed. It’s what is in some of that packaging that’s raising concern. A new investigation from Consumer Reports finds potentially dangerous chemicals in many commonly used food wrappers.

[Red Badger]

more:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18249794/pfas-forever-chemicals-fast-food-wrappers/

[Red Badger]

pfast pfood ping!..................

[marktwain]

Our ability to test has become so good, we can find a few atoms among billions.

The dosage makes the poison.

There are amounts so small, they cause no harm.

This is fear mongering for clicks and money, and nothing else.

[Pollard]

There’s not much that’s man made that’s not bad for man.

I wouldn’t want to do without metals which are the earliest thing processed by man as in Bronze Age, Iron Age. Every step of the process gives off deadly fumes.

[TexasGator]

Which PFAS’ and what concentrations?

[Erik Latranyi]

Packaging made in China?

[dforest]

Now they are scaring you off your favorite bad for ya food. Pfa’s or bugs folks.

[Carriage Hill]

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

https://www.epa.gov/pfas

[corkoman]

Includes Teflon (PTFE) - tons of medical products are made from ePTFE including vascular grafts. Tens of thousands of people are running around with a 4-10 grams of ePTFE for decades and no signs of them having this "potentially dangerous" chemical.

Sheesh.

[Red Badger]

Note that the foam clamshells are better than the cardboard kinds....................

[dforest]

I agree, they have more crunch and the grease(juice in FF lingo) soaks in rather than running off from table to lap.

[PeterPrinciple]

potentially dangerous chemicals in many commonly used food wrappers.

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How many times do we have to say, “don’t eat the wrappers?”

[Vendome]

Zactly.

Like UV from the sun can be harmful but, there are dependencies and dosage that one thing or another harmful, helpful or whatever....

[dforest]

I quit eating the wrappers and what was in them a long time ago.

[DannyTN]

I’ve always thought rappers were bad news.

I say ban them.

[dforest]

I kind of like that “ya can’t touch this” rapper. I forget his name.

[metmom]

There’s also an awful lot that’s not man-made that is toxic to humans as well.

[DannyTN]

Hammer
yeah he was okay.
Had a positive message with that prayer rap video.

[Delta 21]

The only fast food I eat is Arby’s.