Some Fast-Food Packaging Contains Potentially Harmful Fluorinated Compounds (IMAGE)

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Some Fast-Food Packaging Contains Potentially Harmful Fluorinated Compounds

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Among the food packaging tested in a new study, dessert and bread wrappers and those for Tex-Mex food (not pictured) were the most likely to contain fluorine.

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