[zahlman]

> Almost every single one of the foods we tested are within both US FDA and EU EFSA regulations.

So the next logical question is: are those standards at reasonable levels? Is the food actually unsafe, or are we just really good at detecting those contaminants now?

> Hot foods which spend 45 minutes in takeout containers have 34% higher levels of plastic chemicals than the same dishes tested directly from the restaurant.

I thought it would make much more of a difference, honestly.

[4d4m]

early studies on the plasticizers link it to cancers, cns problems etc.

this is only from scanning the summaries on arxiv for popular plasticizers (plastic softeners, used during molding and to give plastic its desired flexibility afterwards)