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A recent study has found 200 chemicals in food packaging that may lead to breast cancer, urging preventive measures..
Published in Frontiers of Toxicology, the study reported that 143 chemicals found in plastic and 89 chemicals in cardboard were linked to the development of breast cancer...
"This study is important because it shows that there is a huge opportunity for prevention of human exposure to breast cancer-causing chemicals," said Jane Muncke, Managing Director of the Food Packaging Forum and co-author of the study...
This data comes just days after a peer-reviewed study published in Nature revealed that over 3,600 chemicals, including some known carcinogens, transfer from food packaging to humans...
The study cross-referenced 14,000 chemicals approved for food contact with biomonitoring databases, though researchers noted this offers only a partial view of human chemical exposure...
