More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer – study

Despite the known risks, plastic in general remains a little-regulated substance, largely because of the petrochemical and plastic industry's lobbying power. But regulation can be effective: the addition of some phthalates to California's Proposition 65 law, which targets toxic chemicals in consumer goods, broadly reduced the level of the dangerous compound in Californians' blood...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/06/plastic-chemicals-breast-cancer