1000s of Toxins from food packaging found in humans – research

Going plastic free is very hard today. I'd be interested to know if people have managed inroads on this problem in their own lives.

The word toxin does not appear once in the original study. At most it has claims of &quot;unknown toxicity&quot; which is.. technically correct but very misleading.<p>Study only says that yes, we tend to consume some of whatever we use for food storage.

Even if they were not packaged in plastic at the store, they probably contact plastic throughout the supply chain. Consumers can’t see that and so they can’t make a choice about it. Which is why we need regulation here. Or more labeling and transparency.

Of all the toxins I deal with on a daily basis, plastics do not concern me nearly as much as the known cancer causing chemicals in car and plane exhaust. I generally hate plastic because it pollutes the ocean and is littered everywhere.<p>I try to reduce my consumption of plastic because it just honestly sucks. But worrying about toxins in plastic is the least of my worries when cars are dumping tire debris and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons in the air just 50 feet away.