Tell HHS Secretary Kennedy: Reduce toxics and plastics in food packaging

Plastic is almost entirely made from oil and gas. After a series of production steps that turn the raw starting material into different precursor chemicals, it's eventually turned into a product we're familiar with, such as a flexible bag, a rigid jar, or a clamshell container.

 

Numerous additives and processing agents are added to the polymers before they get turned into familiar materials. These compounds are used either to add some characteristic to the material, such as flexibility or to aid in the production process. Additives and processing aids are very often toxic and dangerous to human health, and worrisomely, many additives are not even disclosed to the public. This means that our plastic food packaging may contain hazardous compounds, and we have no way of knowing.

 

This is why we're urging Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy to rein in the out-of-control use of plastics and phthalates in food packaging from his position overseeing the Food and Drug Administration. It's time to clean up food packaging.

 

Will you tell HHS Secretary Kennedy to use the power of his office to reduce the toxicity of food packaging allowed in the U.S.?