Shocking Discovery: 3,600+ Chemicals From Food Packaging …
Sep 18, 2024 · A new study reveals extensive human exposure to over 3,600 chemicals from food packaging, indicating major gaps in safety monitoring and health data, necessitating stricter regulations and further research.
'Forever chemicals' have infiltrated food packaging on a wide scale
Mar 19, 2024 · These new tests provide the ultimate check-up “There are thousands of these chemicals,” says Birgit Geueke at the Food Packaging Forum organisation in Switzerland.
61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging
Mar 19, 2024 · “It’s very hard to explain where they come from,” says the study’s senior author Birgit Geueke, senior scientific officer at the nonprofit Food Packaging Forum Foundation in Zurich. That’s...
More than 3,600 food packaging chemicals found in human bodies - Phys.org
Sep 17, 2024 · Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of "high concern" to human health, said lead study author Birgit Geueke from the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, a Zurich-based NGO.
More than 3,600 food-packaging chemicals found in human bodies
Sep 18, 2024 · Around 100 of these chemicals are considered to be of “high concern” to human health, said lead study author Birgit Geueke from the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, a Zurich-based...
Scientists highlight widespread human exposure to packaging …
Sep 16, 2024 · This revealed evidence of 3,601 FCCs present in humans, representing 25% of the known FCCs. Dr. Birgit Geueke, co-author of the study, says, "Our research establishes a link between food...
Widespread evidence for packaging-related che | EurekAlert!
Sep 16, 2024 · This revealed evidence of 3,601 FCCs present in humans, representing 25% of the known FCCs. Dr. Birgit Geueke, first author of the study, emphasizes the importance of this work: “Our research...
Birgit Geueke - Food Packaging Forum
Birgit is a Senior Scientific Officer at the Food Packaging Forum and is deeply involved in investigating the chemical safety of packaging materials, including chemical migration and recycling aspects. She leads scientific studies and develops the Forum’s scientific dossiers.
Evidence for widespread human exposure to food contact …
Sep 17, 2024 · Birgit Geueke, Lindsey V. Parkinson, Lisa Zimmermann & Jane Muncke. Department of Environmental Toxicology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf,...
New FPF study and database: Food contact chemicals in humans
Sep 17, 2024 · “Our research helps to establish the link between food contact chemicals and human exposure, highlights chemicals that are overlooked in biomonitoring studies and supports research into safer food contact materials,” lead author Birgit Geueke says.
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