NOW PIZZA ‘BOXES’ ARE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH
It’s one thing for health guru’s to tell us over and over again how bad pizza is for our health…Now we they’re telling us the boxes the pizza comes in can might near kill us. Here’s the story from Austin:
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ordering pizza could be damaging to your health, but not for the reasons you may think.
The Food and Drug Administration is now banning a common chemical found in many pizza boxes, perchlorate. The government believes the chemicals may cause birth defects and cancer.
The chemicals are are also used in some sandwich wrappers and the lining of microwave popcorn bags.
BANNED CHEMICAL
- Perchlorate
>> Used to seal food containers >> May damage fetal brains >> Can hurt babies who are nursing if mother consumes it >> Effects thyroid’s ability to produce hormones
Almost a dozen groups filed a petition for the ban.
The FDA says the final rule will go into effect 30 days after its published in the federal register.
