A team of environmental scientists with the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, based in Zürich, has found evidence of 68 'forever chemicals' in food packaging used around the world.
Researchers find evidence of 68 'forever chemicals' in food packaging around the world retrieved 20 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-03-evidence-chemicals-food-packaging-world.html
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