Majority of plastic chemicals presenting high risk to human health remain unregulated
Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) report presents novel analyses of PlastChem data; highlights health risks of chemicals in everyday plastic items including food-contact plastics; of chemicals assessed 92.8% identified as posing high risk with many linked to cancer, endocrine disruption, reproductive toxicity, and chronic disease; more than half are unregulated and many lack relevant toxicity and exposure data.