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Food is generally OK, the problem is with the packaging. A huge range of plastics are hormones disruptors and should not be permitted to be in contact with food

Food is generally OK, the problem is with the packaging. A huge range of plastics are hormones disruptors and should not be permitted to be in contact with food or liquid meant for human consumption. An example - BPA is used to coat the inside of tin cans. If you use a metal spoon to scrape out the contents, you're scraping away that lining into your food. https://www.merieuxnutrisciences.com/corporate/en/news/endocrine-disruptors-hidden-food-contact-materials https://www.merieuxnutrisciences.com/corporate/en/news/endoc... PVC pipes can leach hormone disruptors into drinking water: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315702292_Transfer_of_phthalates_from_c-polyvinyl_chloride_and_cross-linked_polyethylene_pipe_PEX-b_into_drinking_water https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315702292_Transfer_...

anonuser123456 6y ago
The relative effects of sugar and obesity dwarf the disruption of the endocrine and immune system compared to the average levels of plastic pollution. I’m not saying it’s not a problem, but we’re talking lifetime effects of 1 in 4 (cancer via obesity, sugar) vs lifetime effects of <1/1000 (plasticizers etc).
- ArkanExplorer 6y ago
  That's true for the average person, but you cannot avoid these plastics in the same way that you can avoid sugar. Packaging materials are not disclosed on the ingredients list, for example. Few people would know that the insides of drink cans or food tins are coated with plastic.
  - anonuser123456 6y ago
    The average person doesn’t need to avoid plastics is my point. They are a walking carcinogen already. Eliminating plastics for the average Joe is just rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.
  - f6v 6y ago
    Buy eggs, vegetables, crops and meat from the butcher. To say it otherwise, avoid processed foods.
alexalex 6y ago
*PEX (not PVC which is used on waste lines)

anonuser123456 6y ago

The relative effects of sugar and obesity dwarf the disruption of the endocrine and immune system compared to the average levels of plastic pollution. I’m not saying it’s not a problem, but we’re talking lifetime effects of 1 in 4 (cancer via obesity, sugar) vs lifetime effects of <1/1000 (plasticizers etc).

ArkanExplorer 6y ago
That's true for the average person, but you cannot avoid these plastics in the same way that you can avoid sugar. Packaging materials are not disclosed on the ingredients list, for example. Few people would know that the insides of drink cans or food tins are coated with plastic.
- anonuser123456 6y ago
  The average person doesn’t need to avoid plastics is my point. They are a walking carcinogen already. Eliminating plastics for the average Joe is just rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.
- f6v 6y ago
  Buy eggs, vegetables, crops and meat from the butcher. To say it otherwise, avoid processed foods.

alexalex 6y ago

*PEX (not PVC which is used on waste lines)