Over 90% of common household items contain hazardous plastic chemicals
Researchers found nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals in common products pose a high health risk, with 4,200 of 16,000 identified as highly hazardous.
- On Wednesday, lead author Naima Fenderl released "Poison Plastics: How Chemicals in Everyday Plastics are Harming Your Health," finding nearly 93% of plastic chemicals in everyday products pose high health risks.
- The Environmental Justice Foundation analyzed five product categories using the PlastChem database, identifying 4,200 chemicals as "highly hazardous" to human health among 16,000 total substances.
- Almost 92% of food-contact plastics and nearly 89% of children's toys contain high-risk chemicals, while nearly 80% of the 3,552 chemicals in common plastics lack sufficient toxicity data.
- More than 50% of these high-risk chemicals remain unregulated by major jurisdictions including the European Union, while "forever chemicals" like PFAS and bisphenols are linked to premature death and organ toxicity.
- The American Chemistry Council advised "considerable caution" regarding the findings, while pediatrician Dr. Philip Landrigan said the report shows how plastics are "infiltrating their lives in ways that they didnt realize.
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A report links substances such as bisphenols, phthalates and PFAS to cancer, genetic alterations and endocrine, reproductive and organic damage
A new report has warned of the widespread presence of potentially hazardous chemicals in everyday plastic products, from food packaging and children's toys to clothing, hygiene products and medical devices. Nearly 93% of known chemicals used...
Almost 93% of known chemicals from plastic materials used for packaging food and manufacturing clothing, toys and other common household and personal care products pose a high risk to human health, according to a new investigation, provided exclusively by CNN. Among the possible effects on health are cancer, genetic changes and effects [...] Article Silent Killer! CNN: Over 90% of packaging, clothing or toys contain dangerous chemicals appear fi…
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