Troubling chemicals found in wide range of fast-food wrappers
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#2Not to mention the primary source of BPA usually being cross contamination from thermal receipts.
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#3The government started the drug war to keep drugs from "destroying" our bodies.
Surely big daddy government keeps bad chemicals out of the products we all use since he is so interested in keeping us healthy and safe. Yup we are all in safe hands.
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#4How about thermal printer receipts? Most are coated with BPA. How many are in your pocket right now?
How about the fact that most McDonalds grill their burgers on grills that are covered with disposable teflon sheets? They don't tell the public that.
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#5I do put my lunch at work on paper 2 plates, then take the lower one and cover the plate hence covering the food, put it into fridge and go to gym. lunch after gym.
When I come from gym, there is not much food left anymore in our cold buffet, by far the healthiest food I can get there).
after reading this, not so sure I want to touch those paper plates anymore, although there is no alternative at work...
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#6The government started the drug war to keep drugs from "destroying" our bodies. Surely big daddy government keeps bad chemicals out of the products we all use since he is so interested in keeping us healthy and safe. Yup we are all in safe hands.
"Repeal food safety laws, let the Free Market sort it out"?
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#7At home I cook on cast-iron pans with metal utensils.
Once they are seasoned well they are remarkably non-stick and easy to clean with just hot water and a stiff brush.
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#8Let's hear both sides before we rush to any judgement about these so called facts about these so called "chemicals". Maybe some people like fluorinated chemicals?
Who needs regulations? Everyone can run their own independent tests in their own privately funded home labs and determine if the chemicals are troubling to them or not.
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#9Do we have any estimates on how many actual deaths (or sicknesses) occur due to the use of these chemicals? I care because if we can't positively attribute death or sickness to the use of these chemicals, it seems unfair to tarnish them.
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#10> Schaider was surprised to find that some [food containers] contained PFOA, a type of fluorinated chemical that U.S. manufacturers had agreed to phase out of food packaging by 2011 and altogether in 2015. The containers may have come from old inventory or from China, where production has continued unabated.
Even with regulations, the government doesn't seem to follow up and ensure adherence.
There's a lot of valid discussion about "security theater" at airports. And, with stories like this, I sometimes think we have a kind of "safety regulation theater" in the US too.
Laws are passed banning a poisonous substance or a dangerous industry practice of some kind and everybody celebrates the righteous victory.
But then the government stops paying attention and we still have these banned chemicals leaching into our food.
A lot of us seem to believe that simply passing a law solves the problem, end of story.