{"id":21632,"date":"2019-01-29T03:35:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21632"},"modified":"2019-01-29T03:35:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:35:19","slug":"warning-fast-food-packaging-and-grease-proof-paper-contain-potentially-harmful-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21632","title":{"rendered":"Warning: fast food packaging and grease-proof paper contain potentially harmful chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fast_Food_Lunch.jpg\" alt=\"Fast Food Lunch\" class=\"wp-image-21633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fast_Food_Lunch.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Fast_Food_Lunch-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grease-proof packaging has helped make burgers and pizzass on-the-go a less messy proposition.  But the new study shows some fast-food packaging contains a range of fluorinated compounds some of which have been linked to potential health effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous studies in humans have suggested that long-chain, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, are associated with developmental problems in children, decreased fertility and an increased cancer risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are especially at risk for health effects because their developing bodies are more vulnerable to toxic chemicals<br>\nDoctor Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2017\/02\/01\/warning-fast-food-packaging-grease-proof-paper-contain-potentially\/\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/2017\/02\/01\/warning-fast-food-packaging-grease-proof-paper-contain-potentially\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grease-proof packaging has helped make burgers and pizzass on-the-go a less messy proposition. But the new study shows some fast-food packaging contains a range of fluorinated compounds some of which have been linked to potential health effects. Previous studies in humans have suggested that long-chain, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs, are associated with developmental &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21632\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Warning: fast food packaging and grease-proof paper contain potentially harmful chemicals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21634,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions\/21634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}