We don’t often look with suspicion at the plastic wrapping a block of cheddar, the waxed carton containing milk, or the plastic bottle of ketchup. We expect food packaging to be more or less inert—breakfast isn’t supposed to come with a side of chemicals, after all.
But evidence suggests that many food-contact materials, as food packaging is known, leach chemicals into the products they house. The most famous of these is likely bisphenol A (BPA), an ingredient in plastic that is a potent endocrine disrupter. In 2025, the E.U. banned BPA’s use in food-contact materials, and in the U.S. it’s banned in baby bottles, sippy cups, and formula…
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