Chemicals used in food packaging and linked with health problems have been detected in the human body. The chemicals can move ...

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The study, which was published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, discovered that thousands of chemicals from food packaging can leach into the items themselves.

It's not clear what the health risks may be, but at least a few of the chemicals are known hazards. Researchers say it's concerning that thousands of these food contact chemicals are showing up in ...

More than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging or preparation have been detected in human bodies, some of which are hazardous to health, while little is known about others, a study published on ...

These are just a few types of food packaging that surround humans every day. And a new study released Monday shows the chemical toll of all that wrapping - and how it might affectthe human body.

INSKEEP: (Laughter) Yes. NPR's Pien Huang reports. PIEN HUANG, BYLINE: Chemicals from food packaging and food making are leaching into food. JANE MUNCKE: It's your plastic cooking utensil.

More than 3,600 chemicals that leach into food during the manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage of the world’s food supply end up in the human body — and some are connected to ...

These are just a few types of food packaging that surround humans every day. And a new study released Monday shows the chemical toll of all that wrapping — and how it might affect the human body.

PARIS - More than 3,600 chemicals used in food packaging or preparation have been detected in human bodies, said a study published on Sept 17. Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of ...