Packaging for processed foods can release harmful chemicals into the food you eat. Studies suggest these chemicals might increase cancer risk by causing stress and inflammation in your body.

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Ultraprocessed Food and Risk of Cancer: Mechanistic Pathways and Public Health Implications

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2025 Jun 20

The study talks about how ultra-processed foods, including their packaging, can increase cancer risk, which matches the claim about chemicals from packaging getting into food and causing harm.

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Ultraprocessed Food and Risk of Cancer: Mechanistic Pathways and Public Health Implications

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DOI: 10.3390/cancers17132064

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Ultra-processed foods might have several chemicals that could cause cancer. These come from additives, from changes during manufacturing, and from packaging materials. They might work together to be more harmful, but we're not sure if the amount in normal eating actually gives people cancer.

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