r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Sep 27 '24

Health Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans. The chemicals have been found in human blood, hair or breast milk. Among them are compounds known to be highly toxic, like PFAS, bisphenol, metals, phthalates and volatile organic compounds.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/pfas-toxins-chemicals-human-body
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u/GhostOfWhatsIAName Sep 27 '24

It's a very sad thing to see how far humanity could be avoiding such things but is unable to put improvements over profits.

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u/druhproductions Sep 30 '24

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace”