WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014 – The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban several toxic chemicals allowed in food packaging, citing their potential to harm fetal development, male reproductive systems, pre-and-post natal brain development and to cause cancer.
The groups petitioned the FDA to remove perchlorate, which is added to sealing gaskets for food containers and to reduce static in dry food packaging, as well…
