Plastics and Packaging
The Topics (4)
Microplastics
Tiny plastic fragments now detected in blood, placenta and artery plaque, with emerging health associations and many open questions stated plainly.
Read the deep dive →Phthalates
Plasticizers that soften vinyl and carry fragrances, found in more than 75% of urine samples for four metabolites in a US national survey (Silva 2004), and studied for effects on testosterone and male reproduction.
Read the deep dive →BPA and Plastics
Bisphenols and other packaging chemicals that migrate into food and drink, studied as endocrine disruptors, including their look-alike replacements.
Read the deep dive →PFAS
Thousands of near-indestructible fluorinated forever chemicals from non-stick, waterproof and grease-proof coatings, linked by studies to cancer, thyroid and liver effects.
Read the deep dive →Plastics and what migrates out of them. The research here moves fast and the endocrine-disruption question is genuinely unsettled; the pages separate what has been measured in people from what has been shown in cells and rodents.