New study finds chemicals from microplastics are in almost everything we eat

A new study finds chemicals from microplastics are in almost everything we eat.

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Consumer Reports says 99% of fast food and supermarket foods have microplastics.

The data also shows that 79% of food samples contained BPA, which is used in the manufacturing of plastic.

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Those chemicals can interfere with hormones and could contribute to health conditions like diabetes and obesity.

“We do live in a polluted world, and that’s a very unfortunate reality that we have to live with now,” said Erica Cirino with the Plastic Pollution Coalition.

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Food safety activists have pushed for a ban on the chemicals.

However, just last year, the FDA rejected petitions the restrict the use of microplastics in food packaging and processing.

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