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Some Fast-Food Items Contain Chemicals Linked to Serious Health Problems, New Report Shows
MSN ^ | Wed, October 27, 2021 | Laura Reily

Posted on 10/27/2021 12:46:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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A new study out Tuesday reports that far too often, small amounts of industrial chemicals called phthalates (pronounced THA-lates), which are used to make plastics soft, have been found in samples of food from popular outlets including McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Chipotle.

George Washington University researcher Lariah Edwards, professor Ami Zota and their colleagues purchased 64 fast-food items from national burger chains McDonald's and Burger King; pizza chains Pizza Hut and Domino's; and Tex-Mex chains Taco Bell and Chipotle, all around San Antonio, Texas.

The study found harmful chemicals in a majority of samples collected. Phthalates are linked to health problems, including disruption to the endocrine system, and fertility and reproductive problems, as well as increased risk for learning, attention and behavioral disorders in children.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: chemicals; fastfood; food; health; phthalates; plastics; safety
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1 posted on 10/27/2021 12:46:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Don’t leftists want us sterile? What’s the problem? /s


2 posted on 10/27/2021 12:47:53 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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these gender bending chemicals have been found everywhere on earth.

Detectable levels are in everything pretty much, Including you


3 posted on 10/27/2021 12:48:17 PM PDT by algore ( )
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Everything in moderation.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 12:50:09 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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“Some”? Shoot, for my money ALL of them contain something bad for me. Give me mom-and-pop, homemade places anytime!


5 posted on 10/27/2021 12:51:44 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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including McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Chipotle

Don't remember the last time I stopped in any of those places.

6 posted on 10/27/2021 12:54:50 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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Used to have the habit of picking up a fast food breakfast sandwich on the way into work...not every day but couple times a week until I was diagnosed with an LAD blockage and ended up with a stent in 2016. I’m not saying that was the only thing that did it but after my heart work I never set food in a fast food joint again.


7 posted on 10/27/2021 12:55:12 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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Basically, if there is a drive thru then it’s best to drive by. If they are publicly traded then they are humanity unconcerned.


8 posted on 10/27/2021 12:55:12 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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Don’t eat any of that CRAP except sometimes on the road when nothing else:-(


9 posted on 10/27/2021 1:08:29 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: nickcarraway

And if you eat 73 pizzas a week, this will have an effect on your health.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 1:13:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Like duh! These leftards still wont stop. Even if the triple burger says 1000 calories, I’ll still eat it.


11 posted on 10/27/2021 1:17:49 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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“including McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Chipotle”

Me neither. The last ones I did were In N Out and Tommy’s. Yeah, the “chemicals” will kill me tomorrow s/


12 posted on 10/27/2021 1:18:54 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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“And if you eat 73 pizzas a week,”

pizza slices or whole pizzas? s/ Back in high school, I ate 3 full pizzas or 24 slices more than a few times. I was on the basketball and football team and thought my appetite was crazy. Until I read Michael Phelps chows down 4 full pizzas due to his high burn of calories.


13 posted on 10/27/2021 1:23:16 PM PDT by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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“3 full pizzas or 24 slices more than a few times.”

I have trouble eating 8 slices so ask for my pies to be cut into 6 slices.


14 posted on 10/27/2021 1:39:16 PM PDT by WinMod70
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What’s the concentration? With the ability to detect chemicals in parts per trillion it gets to the point where if the metal serving tray was wrapped in plastic when it was shipped to the restaurant, your burrito meat might pick up a detectable amount.


15 posted on 10/27/2021 2:15:25 PM PDT by KarlInOhio ("Anti-fascist" is from the official name of the Berlin Wall: Anti-fascist Protection Barrier.)
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To: V_TWIN

I have 5 heart stents, called a “full metal jacket”. Heh.


16 posted on 10/27/2021 2:34:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nickcarraway

I eat a filet o fish from McDonalds and it is nap time soon after!


17 posted on 10/27/2021 2:44:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: nickcarraway

I never realized that Taco Bell was “Tex-Mex.”


18 posted on 10/27/2021 2:56:26 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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I never realized that Taco Bell was “Tex-Mex.”.

It is not. Taco Bell serves the indigenous cuisine of Southern California.

19 posted on 10/27/2021 3:07:05 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: WinMod70

“I have trouble eating 8 slices so ask for my pies to be cut into 6 slices.”

I can’t take 6 slices.
I have mine cut into 4 slices.
Just right.


20 posted on 10/27/2021 3:18:35 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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