Pizza boxes and food containers contain cancer-causing chemicals, alarmed scientists warn

Pizza boxes and food containers contain cancer-causing chemicals, alarmed scientists warn

Widespread industrial chemicals found in pizza boxes and household dust are dangerous to human and environmental health, a group of environmental scientists has warned in an editorial published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives on May 1.

The editorial, known as "The Madrid Statement," was signed by 200 scientists from 38 countries. It urges restrictions on the group of chemicals known as PFASs, and warns against adopting alternatives to PFAS without first subjecting them to rigorous safety testing. Read more