Plastic food packaging can contain harmful chemicals that affect hormones and metabolism, researchers find

Phys.org— Plastic is a very complex material that can contain many different chemicals, some of which can be harmful. This is also true for plastic food packaging.

www.plenglish.com—Plastic food packaging contains harmful substances. Washington, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found up to 9,936 different chemicals in a single plastic product used as food packaging, the journal Environmental Science & Technology published today. The post Plastic food packaging contains harmful substances first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Phys.org—It may be time to eliminate the best-before date on food packaging, say smart packaging researchers. The inventors of a suite of tests that enable food packages to signal whether their contents are contaminated are working to bring producers and regulators together to get their inventions into commercial products, with the goal of preventing illness and reducing food waste.

Phys.org—Scientists advance research of harmful PFAS chemicals and their impacts. A bemused fishmonger at a seafood market in Portsmouth, N.H., weighed and packaged a dozen filets of fish and three lobster tails for his unusually exacting customers, Dartmouth researchers Celia Chen, Guarini, a research professor of biological sciences, and Nathan Giffard on a warm afternoon in May 2022.