- New study suggests food packaging isn't harmless — about 1 in 12 known food-contact chemicals were flagged as potentially carcinogenic, endocrine-disrupting, or otherwise hazardous.
- Even worse, researchers say most FCCs are under-studied: roughly 13,000 of 15,000 lack clear hazard data, so many risks are simply unknown.
- Fixes can backfire — replacing banned chemicals (like BPA) with lookalikes (e.g., BPS) can lead to "regrettable substitutions" that prove just as harmful.
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