Hacker NewsMay 11, 2024
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food: What Our Tests Found
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the-plastic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-food-a7358224781/
#ycombinator #eat_less_plastic #BPA #phthalates #chemical_substitutes #fast_food #bisphenols #plasticizers
The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food

CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.

Consumer Reports
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 5, 2024

Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/consumer-reports-finds-widespread-presence-plastics-food-2024-01-04/

The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food
CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for bisphenols and phthalates, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the-plastic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-food-a7358224781/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38878683

#food #plastics #plasticizers #phthalates #bisphenols #EndocrineDisruptors #health #diet

Maga GranadosNov 22, 2022
I will be happy to connect and discuss about #science #microplastics #plasticpollution #plasticadditives #plasticizers #atmosphericpollution
jprbarryJun 23, 2021
Biologists Raise Alarm: Brain Damage Caused by Even Small Amounts of Plasticizers
By #UniversityofBayreuth #Plasticizers #Goldfish #FishBrains
https://scitechdaily.com/biologists-raise-alarm-brain-damage-caused-by-even-small-amounts-of-plasticizers/
Biologists Raise Alarm: Brain Damage Caused by Even Small Amounts of Plasticizers

The plasticizers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article in Communications Biology. Their study shows that even small amounts of the plasticizers bisphenol A and bisphenol S disrup

SciTechDaily