Health advocates warn government’s claims of baby formula safety contradict data

Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalates…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/fda-baby-formula-safety-claims-contradict-data

 

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

EPA Fails to Regulate Chemicals That Disrupt Sexual Development

…Studies of various phthalates have shown them to cause birth defects, fertility problems in people who can become pregnant, miscarriage, testicular cancer, kidney cancer, and liver cancer. Exposure to the chemicals in the womb or early childhood has also been linked to learning, attention, and behavior problems, lower IQ, memory problems, and autism, rates of which have recently reached record highs…

https://theintercept.com/2021/12/07/epa-dinp-phthalates-child-sexual-development-cancer-birth-defects/

Your fast food is wrapped in grease-proof ortho-phthalates. Why is that allowed?

Fast food boxes and wrappers contain toxic chemicals known to interfere with our reproductive systems and contribute to attention and learning disorders…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/03/your-fast-food-is-wrapped-in-grease-proof-ortho-phthalates-why-is-that-allowed

Shanna Swan: 'Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045' | Fertility problems | The Guardian

...Phthalates, used to make plastic soft and flexible, are of paramount concern. They are in everybody and we are probably primarily exposed through food as we use soft plastic in food manufacture, processing and packaging. They lower testosterone and so have the strongest influences on the male side, for example diminishing sperm count, though they are bad for women, too, shown to decrease libido and increase risk of early puberty, premature ovarian failure, miscarriage and premature birth. 

Bisphenol A (BPA), used to harden plastic and found in cash-register receipts and the lining of some canned-food containers, is another. It is oestrogen mimicking and so is a particularly bad actor on the female side, increasing risks of fertility challenges, but likewise it can affect men. Men occupationally exposed to BPA have shown decreased sperm quality, reduced libido and higher rates of erectile dysfunction. Other chemicals of concern include flame retardants and certain pesticides such as atrazine...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/28/shanna-swan-fertility-reproduction-count-down