plasticsThey appear in every aspect of our lives. The packages of food that we constantly buy are one of them. New research shows that these packages contain much higher amounts of chemicals than you would expect.

Scientists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have conducted two studies on plastic food packaging. In results, in one package 9,000,936 different chemicals were found.

Contains toxic chemicals that can be harmful to the human body

Researchers discover it is used in food packaging. 36 different plastics They researched the product. These products; It came from five countries: the US, Great Britain, South Korea, Germany and Norway. As a result of the investigations, 9,936 different chemicals were found in a product used in one package.

In studies published on Environmental Science & Technology, researchers have also noted that some of these chemicals may be harmful to humans. For example in one can affect the secretion of hormones and metabolism chemicals found. Another study showed this Able to influence G protein-coupled receptors 11 chemicals were found.

All this shows how harmful the packaging we come into contact with every day can contain. Professor Martin Wagner, one of the authors of the studies, makes the following statements: “These and previous findings Plastic exposes us to toxic chemicals shows. “It also supports the theory that we need to redesign plastic to make it safer.”

Because plastics can contain so many chemicals, researchers have been able to identify very few so far. This means we still know very little about its effects.