Report Warns Over 3,000, Potentially Harmful Chemicals, Identified in Food Packaging.<br />'The Guardian' reports that scientists have found over 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals in food packaging and other food-related products.<br />'The Guardian' reports that scientists have found over 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals in food packaging and other food-related products.<br />According to the report, two-thirds of those potentially harmful chemicals were not previously known to be found in food products.<br />A team of international scientists looked at over 1,200 studies measuring chemicals in food packaging, processing equipment, tableware and reusable food containers.<br />The report was released on <br />May 19 by the Food Packaging Forum, <br />a Switzerland-based non-profit.<br />According to the report, little is known <br />about many of the 3,240 chemicals <br />identified or their potential effects on people. .<br />Pete Myers, report co-author and founder of <br />Environmental Health Sciences, said that many <br />of these chemicals are ending up in the human body.<br />If we don’t know what it is, <br />we don’t know its toxicity. <br />The mix of chemicals is just <br />too complicated to allow <br />us to regulate them safely, Pete Myers, report co-author and founder and chief scientist <br />of Environmental Health Sciences, via 'The Guardian'.<br />If we don’t know what it is, <br />we don’t know its toxicity. <br />The mix of chemicals is just <br />too complicated to allow <br />us to regulate them safely, Pete Myers, report co-author and founder and chief scientist <br />of Environmental Health Sciences, via 'The Guardian'.<br />The Food Packaging Forum said that <br />many of the chemicals identified are known <br />hazards, such as phthalates and PFAs. .<br />The group warned that other chemicals have <br />not been adequately studied, and their <br />potential health effects remain unclear.<br />The full report was published <br />in the journal 'Critical Reviews <br />in Food Science and Nutrition.'.<br />The full report was published <br />in the journal 'Critical Reviews <br />in Food Science and Nutrition.'
