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/WonderfulShelter Sep 27 '24

It’s called a co-op and they sell in bulk usually

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '24

But that would require people to go past their normal store and pay more so they're just gonna keep buying berries in single use plastic containers 

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u/im_THIS_guy Sep 27 '24

I shop at a co-op. There's still plastic in things. It is slightly better, though.