(source: Metro Toronto News)
Wrapping may contain harmful chemicals
Wrapping used to line popcorn and other junk food is leaving dangerous chemicals inside some foods, a new study says.
University of Toronto scientists have discovered chemical contamination in the blood of those who ingest foods wrapped in these papers.
Perfluorinated carboxylic acids or PFCAs are the breakdown products from chemicals used in the manufacture of certain products, such as non-stick pans, clothing and food packaging.
These PFCAs have been discovered in humans and have been worrying scientists for years.
Now it seems the major source of human PFCA exposure may be in the consumption of polyfluo- roalkyl phosphate esters or PAPs, which are the chemicals found in junk food papers.
“Those chemicals called PAPs move into food, make it into humans upon ingestion and metabolically are transformed into the PFCAs,” said Scott Mabury, the lead researcher and a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto.
The packages are lined with this chemical to act as a grease-proofing agent to keep water and fat from escaping.
“Any kind of paper-based food packaging that comes into contact with food may contain these materials,” said Mabury.
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Today, we are living with CHEMICALS that we have produced. It is a great health concern. Some day, we will be attacked by CHEMICALS which is considered to be beneficial for our living.
