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A comment on 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016). Parent comment

Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by ip26 on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:36PM (#26127181)
Really we know that chemicals absolutely do seep into the food... but we don’t know if they are harmful yet. All plastics shed & leech.
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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by DenisM on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:57PM (#26127361)
How could it be that all plastic leach and yet some plastics remain in nature for thousands of years before they decompose?
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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by titzer on Saturday February 13, 2021 @05:40PM (#26127686)
Plastics absorb and then leach several compounds used to make the plastic itself, e.g. BPA. Plastics in general act as attractors for any number of harmful toxins. So yes, both can be true.
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