Shocking Discovery: 3,600+ Chemicals From Food Packaging …
Sep 18, 2024 · A new study reveals extensive human exposure to over 3,600 chemicals from food packaging, indicating major gaps in safety monitoring and health data, necessitating stricter regulations and further research.
Shocking Findings: Scientists Discover 200 Potential Cancer …
Sep 27, 2024 · Reference: “Potential mammary carcinogens used in food contact articles: Implications for policy, enforcement, and prevention” by Lindsey Parkinson, Birgit Geueke and Jane Muncke, 27 August 2024, Frontiers in Toxicology.
New Study Finds More Than 3,600 Chemicals From Food …
Sep 20, 2024 · Key Takeaway. A new study has identified more than 3,600 “food contact” chemicals from packaging and other products in human blood, urine, and breast milk. Many common chemicals that come in...
Scientists highlight widespread human exposure to packaging …
Sep 16, 2024 · Dr. Birgit Geueke, co-author of the study, says, "Our research establishes a link between food contact chemicals, exposure and human health.
Evidence for widespread human exposure to food contact …
Sep 17, 2024 · Results. For 25% of the known FCCs (3601), we found evidence for their presence in humans. This includes 194 FCCs from human biomonitoring programs, with 80 of these having hazard properties of...
Birgit Geueke - Food Packaging Forum
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Widespread evidence for packaging-related che | EurekAlert!
Sep 16, 2024 · This revealed evidence of 3,601 FCCs present in humans, representing 25% of the known FCCs. Dr. Birgit Geueke, first author of the study, emphasizes the importance of this work: “Our research...
'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packaging on a wide scale
Mar 19, 2024 · “There are thousands of these chemicals,” says Birgit Geueke at the Food Packaging Forum organisation in Switzerland. “We wanted to get a picture of what is known about the presence of PFAS in...
New FPF study and database: Food contact chemicals in humans
Sep 17, 2024 · “Our research helps to establish the link between food contact chemicals and human exposure, highlights chemicals that are overlooked in biomonitoring studies and supports research into safer food contact materials,” lead author Birgit Geueke says.
Evidence for widespread human exposure to food contact chemicals
Abstract. Background: Over 1800 food contact chemicals (FCCs) are known to migrate from food contact articles used to store, process, package, and serve foodstuffs. Many of these FCCs have hazard properties of concern, and still others have never been tested for toxicity.
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