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Jan 5, 2024 · Consumer Reports is back with another sobering investigation into the bisphenols and phthalates — chemicals known as plasticizers — in common supermarket and fast foods.
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Jan 4, 2024 · CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.
Jan 18, 2024 · There are at least two mechanisms through which researchers say exposure to plastic can affect human health: exposure to chemicals in plastic, and then the ingestion or absorption of micro- and...
Sep 8, 2021 · Consumer Reports details the big problem with plastic, revealing where most of the plastic you throw away ends up and explaining how to limit its environmental harm.
6 days ago · Lego: Renewable bricks. As one of the world’s most enduring and ubiquitous children’s toys, the Lego brick could make a significant dent in the plastic industry if it switched to alternative materials – as it’s been estimated that a year’s worth of brick sales would stretch around the Earth five times. Lego says it has tested more ...
Jan 4, 2024 · NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of...
Jan 7, 2024 · In a report released Thursday, Consumer Reports said that 84 out of 85 food products it recently tested contained "plasticizers" called phthalates. Phthalates are chemicals used to make...
