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More than 3,600 chemicals that leach into food during the manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage of the world’s food supply end up in the human body.
According to results of the study published Monday in the ‘Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology,’ some of these chemicals are connected to serious health harms. Tiny shards of plastic are increasingly infiltrating our brains, the study shows.
Seventy-nine of the food-processing chemicals found in the body are known to cause cancer, genetic mutations, endocrine and reproductive issues, and other health concerns.
Many more chemicals may be harmful in ways that science does not yet know, said senior study author Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research.
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