Up to 3,600 different chemicals from food packaging have been identified in the human body. Scientists are calling for more scrutiny of what food is packaged in. A study on how contaminated the human body is with substances from food packaging was published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.

Chemicals used in food packaging and linked with health problems have been detected in the human body. The chemicals can move from packaging into food.

A new study details the chemicals finding their way into human bodies from contact with food. Shrink-wrap sealed around a piece of raw meat. Takeout containers filled with restaurant leftovers. Plastic bottles filled with soft drinks.