For a study published last year, researchers at the Nowegian University of Science and Technology set out to determine what chemical compounds exist in 34 common plastic items that touch things we eat, such as yogurt cups, juice bottles, Styrofoam meat trays, gummy-candy packages, and plastic wrap used for produce and cheese. Of the 55,000 chemicals the researchers found in these items, only 629 were identifiable, with 11 being known metabolic disruptors such as phthalates and bisphenols, which interfere with our bodies’ ability to regulate weight, among other troubling health effects. However, when exposed to in vitro human cell cultures, far more chemicals than the identified 11 metabolic disruptors triggered adipogenesis – the process underlying obesity, in which cells proliferate and accumulate an excess of fat.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/07/plastic-packaging-obesity-hormone-disruption
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