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Alarming Discovery: 9936 Chemicals Found in Food Packaging Plastic


Researchers identified as many as 9,936 distinct chemicals in a single plastic food packaging product. Plastic is a very complex material that can contain many different chemicals, some of which can be harmful. This is also true for plastic food packaging. “We found as many as 9936 different che

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