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PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' To Officially Be Removed from Food Packaging, FDA Says
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this article from Live Science: Manufacturers will no longer use harmful "forever chemicals" in food packaging products in the U.S., according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a statement released February 28, the agency declared that grease-...
In a statement released February 28, the agency declared that grease-proofing materials that contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFAS) will not be used in new food packaging sold in the U.S. This action will eliminate the "major source of dietary exposure to PFAS," Jim Jones, deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA, said in an associated statement. The FDA's new announcement marks a "huge win for the public," Graham Peaslee, a professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame who studies PFAS, told The Washington Post.
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