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To: CottonBall
This is a link to an article about chemicals from plastic getting into processed foods

Startling new report finds hormone-warping chemicals in 99 PERCENT of food sold in American stores - which may raise risk of cancer, autism and infertility

Thr following is an excerpt from the article. There is more to read at the link:

Forever chemicals' linked to cancer are found in virtually every food product sold in American stores, a shocking report suggests.

The watchdog Consumer Reports tested 85 everyday items for the presence of phthalates and bisphenols, two types of PFAS chemicals used to make plastics.

The researchers tried to make their sample size as broad as possible - testing water, soda, cereal, bread, meat, fish, condiments, desserts and even baby food.

All but one product tested positive for the substances, which have been dubbed 'forever chemicals' because they are virtually impossible to break down in the body where they cause untold health problems.

It comes amid growing fears about the massive amounts of chemicals being ingested by Americans every year - and whether it is related to a mystery spike in cancers among young people.

A study earlier this week found water bottles contain a quarter of a million pieces of microscopic plastics.

In the latest report, Consumer Reports measured the amount of phthalates - a group of chemicals used to make plastics more durable - in products in nanograms, which indicates a mass equal to one billionth of a gram.

The product with the highest amount of phthalates per serving in nanograms was Annie's canned organic cheesy ravioli, which contained 53,580 nanograms of phthalates per serving.

It is not clear how much of these get broken down by the body or released naturally during the digestive process. But the CDC says that between 2 and 20 nanograms per milliliter of blood can cause people adverse health problems.


820 posted on 01/19/2024 7:43:46 AM PST by Iron Munro (AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
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To: Iron Munro

Products tested ranged from popular baby foods, staple BBQ condiments and store-brand
products from Walmart and Trader Joe's, to products like Purdue chicken and organic pasta.


821 posted on 01/19/2024 7:47:15 AM PST by Iron Munro (AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
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