The long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health, scientists have warned. Jo Adetunji reports.

We actually know very little about how chemicals affect bodily functions or promote disease, or at what life stage we are susceptible.
In a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the authors said most of these potentially damaging chemicals were found in “food contact materials”.

These include the coatings on the inside of cans, laminates on cartons, and glass jar seals.