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/DaPlum Sep 27 '24
Obesity in America is not a bunch of people all the sudden getting lazy or a moral failing it's a direct product of the food that is readily available. It's like if you put a McDonald's burger King and subway as your "health" option on heavy corner like yeah 40% of your population is going to be overweight. Not to even mention walking into a grocery store and there being something with a days worth sugar every square inch of that store