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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
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 1/12/2024 | By ALEXA LARDIER

Posted on 01/12/2024 11:15:31 AM PST by bitt

Of 85 products tested, a popular organic pasta product had the highest levels

These chemicals have been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions

READ MORE: Average water bottle contains 240k pieces of nanoplastics

'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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 99percent; cancer; chemicals; food; foreverchemicals; microplastics; nanoplastics; phthalates
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1 posted on 01/12/2024 11:15:31 AM PST by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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2 posted on 01/12/2024 11:15:42 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/harmful-chemicals-found-in-majority-of-food-and-fast-food/509-e9ecb96f-787c-4b44-912c-38ec61ec6fe3#


3 posted on 01/12/2024 11:17:22 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

the obvious answer is DON’T EAT FOOD! it will kill you. bugs are better so eat ze bugs!


4 posted on 01/12/2024 11:18:04 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: bitt

Strangely they seem to have found the most plastics in several organic products.


5 posted on 01/12/2024 11:19:05 AM PST by angry elephant (Been with Trump since huge 2016 Washington state rally in May.)
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To: bitt
nanoplastics

The latest bogeyman, in front of which we are all required to cower in abject fear ...

6 posted on 01/12/2024 11:20:11 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: bitt

It says American stores, it should say U.S. stores


7 posted on 01/12/2024 11:20:22 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: bitt

Soy, it’s in everything....................


8 posted on 01/12/2024 11:20:57 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Qwapisking; bitt

You should eat real food, not the cheap junk they are selling us.


9 posted on 01/12/2024 11:21:08 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: bitt
In the latest report, Consumer Reports

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10 posted on 01/12/2024 11:21:27 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: bitt

“whether it is related to a mystery spike in cancers among young people.”

Makes me wonder when said spike in cancers started. The chemicals they refer to have been around for many years, with plasticizers like BPA actually being outlawed in recent years. If the cancer spike is recent it would be hard to draw that correlation. It would make more sense if there were talking about a steady increase over decades.


11 posted on 01/12/2024 11:21:44 AM PST by Flying Circus
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Makes me wonder when said spike in cancers started. The chemicals they refer to have been around for many years, with plasticizers like BPA actually being outlawed in recent years. If the cancer spike is recent it would be hard to draw that correlation. It would make more sense if there were talking about a steady increase over decades.


Another attempt for them to cover up what the $hots are doing.


12 posted on 01/12/2024 11:26:17 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: nickcarraway

“You should eat real food” Define “real food” for us please.


13 posted on 01/12/2024 11:27:58 AM PST by Fungi
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Then again maybe it’s just the CoupFlu vaxxes...

Check out endocrine system issues after CoupFlu vaccination.


14 posted on 01/12/2024 11:29:06 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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15 posted on 01/12/2024 11:31:26 AM PST by Bratch
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“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. . . . the CDC says that between 2 and 20 nanograms per milliliter of blood can cause people adverse health problems.”

The average adult supposedly has somewhere around 5000 ml of blood, so one serving of that ravioli would give you about 10.7 ng per ml.

I wonder if the phthalates are coming from the lining of the can.


16 posted on 01/12/2024 11:35:32 AM PST by buridan
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To: mewzilla

Agree!

See 12.


17 posted on 01/12/2024 11:36:15 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: bitt

Annie’s canned organic cheesy ravioli, which contained 53,580 nanograms of phthalates per serving.

A can is 15 oz and it says 2 servings per can.

So that’s 53,580 nanograms per 7.5 oz or 222 milliliters.

53,580 ÷ 222 ml = 241 nanoparticles per ml

The CDC says that between 2 and 20 nanograms per milliliter of blood can cause people adverse health problems.

Problem is they don’t state how many nanoparticles per nanogram.


18 posted on 01/12/2024 11:43:08 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Fungi

Next chicken I pluck to eat I will first ask her what she has been eating.


19 posted on 01/12/2024 11:44:39 AM PST by oldasrocks
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To: tired&retired

My mistake, the 53,580 was nanograms. Therefore, the 241 is nanograms per ml, way above the 2 to 20 nanograms per ml of blood.


20 posted on 01/12/2024 11:45:41 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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