BREAKING: Plastic chemicals found in 99% of food we tested

[Consumer Reports]   Dear Friend, Consumer Reports has found plasticizers in 99 percent of the food we tested – including canned food, fast food, and even organic products – reigniting our call to get these risky chemicals out of our food.  Our tests of 85 foods found that contamination from the plasticizers known as phthalates (pronounced tha-layts) is widespread and not limited to certain foods or packaging types, showing up in yogurt, soda, protein shakes, canned fruit, pizza and other foods. And despite plasticizers being known to interfere with the production and regulation of hormones in our bodies – increasing the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, birth defects, premature birth, neurodevelopmental disorders, and infertility – U.S regulators, who say they are still seeking safety information, haven’t set meaningful limits on the amount of these chemicals in our food. Our tests show it’s time the FDA takes immediate action to address the risk of plasticizers in our food supply. [Join us in calling on the FDA to fully ban phthalates in food!Â](  [Sign the Petition »](  We found phthalates in all but one food item we tested, often at alarming levels. For example, we found high levels in Del Monte sliced peaches, Chicken of the Sea pink salmon, Fairlife Core Power high-protein chocolate milkshakes, Yoplait Original French vanilla low-fat yogurt, and several fast foods – including Wendy’s crispy chicken nuggets, a Chipotle chicken burrito, and a Burger King Whopper with cheese. Organic products were just as problematic: In fact, the highest phthalate levels found were in a can of Annie’s Organic cheesy ravioli. Yet some foods had much lower levels than similar foods. A serving of Pizza Hut’s Original Cheese Pan Pizza, for example, had half the phthalate levels of a similar pizza from Little Caesars – showing there are ways to produce these foods without harmful amounts of these chemicals. The federal government has banned eight phthalates in children’s toys. But with the exception of a ban on the plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and infant formula that Consumer Reports fought for, there are no substantive limits on plastic-related chemicals in food packaging or production. CR experts say a safety examination on these plasticizers is long overdue, because many of the thresholds fail to reflect the most current scientific knowledge and may not protect against all the potential health effects. Join us in making sure the food your family eats doesn’t contain these risky chemicals. [Sign our petition to the FDA to fully ban these plasticizers in our food!](  [Sign the Petition »]( Thank you for helping us make the food your family eats safer. After you sign the petition, we’ll send you our test results, as well as steps to take to avoid plastics in your food. And please share this with friends and family so they can know about our latest findings. Meg BohneConsumer Reports [Unsubscribe from Consumer Reports action alerts.]( © 2022 Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY, 10703 [Contact Consumer Reports](