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Article: Plastic wrap worries rise amid new studies
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 3, 1999
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Plastic wrap seals so many everyday foods in the supermarket, from
cheese to meat, that it's easy to take it for granted. But now
there is a new worry about exactly how safe this convenience product
may be.
The concern is that some plastic wraps contain endocrine
disrupters, which can mimic or interfere with hormones in the body.
The Environmental Protection Agency has begun to screen thousands of
chemicals to see which ones may need further study.
Some studies have suggested hormone disrupters can cause breast
cancer, birth defects, low sperm count and mental problems. While
evidence continues to accumulate that disrupters have an effect on
animals, scientists are in heated debate ...