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The Food Packaging Forum in the media: a selection of articles

Early puberty may contribute to increase in breast cancer among younger women

Kaitlin Sullivan and Marina Kopf, NBC News, October 2024

Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds

Sandee LaMotte, CNN, September 2024

Chemicals from food packaging leach into food - affecting people's health

Pien Huang, npr, September 2024

Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging

Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, September 2024

Toxic chemicals used in food preparation leach into human bodies, study finds

Sandee LaMotte, CNN, September 2024

"Beschichtetes Papier ist am heikelsten"

Tina Berg, Beobachter, April 2024

61 unexpected 'Forever Chemicals' found in food packaging

Katherine Bourzac, Scientific American, March 2024

Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says

Gloria Dickie, Reuters, March 2024

Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in 2018 alone, study finds

Sandee LaMotte, CNN, January 2024

Sorry, your paper coffee cup is a toxic nightmare

Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, September 2023

Recycled and reused food contact plastics are 'vectors' for toxins - study

Tom Perkins, The Guardian, May 2023

Pet recycling is besorgniserregend

Joschka Schaffner, Blick, October 2022

More than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in food

Matt Krupnick, The Guardian, May 2022

Commission likely to push for recycled PET in food packaging despite concerns

Nelly Mossu, Euractive, March 2022

Dangerous PFAS Chemicals Are in Your Food Packaging.

Kevin Loria, Consumer Reports, March 2022

Von wegen unbedenklich – Mogel(ver)packung Bambus & Co.

Puls, SRF Swiss Radio and Television, May 2021

Food Delivery Is up During COVID-19, with Unintended Consequences for Health and the Environment

Orb Media, January 2021

Are plastic containers safe for our food?

Lauren Zanolli, The Guardian, February 2020

Most plastic products contain potentially toxic chemicals, study reveals

Kevin Loria, Consumer Reports, October 2019

Giftstoffe und Plastikberge

Kathrin Burger, Taz, April 2019

A grand plan to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, January 2019

Plastic food packaging contains hundreds of different toxic chemicals including those that cause cancers

Ben Gelblum, The London Economic, July 2018

Microplastic contamination is found in most bottled water, a new study says

Laignee Barron, Time, March 2018

Ces emballages qui nuisent à votre santé

Olivier Dessibourg, Le Temps, March 2017

A hard nut to crack: reducing chemical migration in food-contact materials

Nate Seltenrich, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 2015

When it comes to food packaging, what we don't know could hurt us

Elizabeth Grossman, Ensia, October 2014

Gift im Regal

Felix Maise, Tagesanzeiger, Juli 2014

BPA-Free Plastics Might Not Be As Safe As You Think They Are

Roxanne Palmer, International Business Times, March 2014

Scientists raise concerns over chemicals leaching into food from packaging

Adriana Barton, Toronto Globe and Mail, February 2014

Chemicals leaching into food from packaging raise safety concerns

Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, February 2014

Concerns over chemicals in food packaging misplaced, say scientists

Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, February 2014

Our Food: Packaging & Public Health

Luz Claudio, Environmental Health Perspectives, June 2012

If the food‘s in plastic, what‘s in the food?

Susan Freinkel, Washington Post, April 2012

Chemicals Leach From Packaging: Food and drugs just can’t leave their wrappings behind

Sarah Evert, Chemical & Engineering News, August 2009

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