There are an estimated 14,000 known chemicals in food packaging. And according to a newly published study, more than 3,600 of them could now be lurking in your body. Here's what you need to know.

New research has found that over 3,600 chemicals that come from our food packaging, processing, and storage have been found ...

Anyone who’s ever read a nutrition label knows that our food supply is full of hard-to-pronounce chemicals. Most are generally recognized as safe, as the Food and Drug Administration likes to ...

A new study finds more than 3,000 chemicals used in food packaging are getting into people's bodies. Some — including BPA, phthalates and PFAS — have clear health concerns; others are unstudied.

A study details how more than 3,600 chemicals in food-related materials have been detected in people worldwide; a companion review confirms 189 chemicals linked to breast cancer.

The chemical leaching can be hastened by heat, time, whether a food is acidic or fatty, or how much food is touching the container. High concern for some chemicals Many of the 3,600 chemicals ...

There are 12,000 "food contact chemicals" (FCC) that aren't ingredients in processed foods, but that touch them at some point between manufacture and consumption.

Junk food fiends have more to worry about than a ballooning waistline. Chemical preservatives and other additives found in many popular processed foods may be undermining snackers’ immune ...

Additives may be added directly to food or leach into packaging and plastics. All humans are impacted by the chemicals, but children are hurt the most, said Leonardo Trasande, the statement's lead ...

Chemicals in food is No. 1 food safety concern According to the survey, conducted at the end of March 2021, just one in six surveyed is very confident that the food supply is safe.

Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns. Top News U.S. News ...