Key Takeaways
Food packaging materials contain nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer
Researchers identified 143 suspected carcinogens in plastic packaging, and 89 in paper or cardboard
There’s strong evidence that humans are regularly exposed to at least 76 of these chemicals
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