With PFAS in Packaging, How Safe Is Microwave Popcorn?

With PFAS in Packaging, How Safe Is Microwave Popcorn?

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Munching handfuls of microwave popcorn might be perfect for movie night, but your snack could be loading your body with potentially harmful “forever chemicals,” experts warn. Many microwave popcorn bags are lined with PFAS (perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyl substances), and evidence has shown that these chemicals will … Read more

‘AI-driven discovery mechanisms can mobilise doctors with right content, right packaging at right time’ – ET HealthWorld

‘AI-driven discovery mechanisms can mobilise doctors with right content, right packaging at right time’ – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Saurav Kasera, Co-founder, CLIRNET spoke to ETHealthWorld’s Prabhat Prakash on how digital tools are a boon for the healthcare sector and the importance of providing timely care, education and information for all stakeholders involved. What are the challenges in onboarding doctors who are not very technology savvy? How does CLIRNET ease the process of … Read more

Contaminated frozen food packaging could cause Covid-19 infection: Chinese CDC

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The Chinese CDC detected and isolated living new coronavirus from frozen food packaging while probing a Covid-19 outbreak in Qingdao city. [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] (Photo Credits: Reuters) Contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Saturday. China … Read more

U.S. and Global Factory Output Picks Up, but Jobs Picture is Mixed

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U.S. factory output continued to grow in August, according to a pair of surveys released Tuesday, but the picture for employment was mixed, a possible sign of lingering uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic among American manufacturers. Sluggish employment, if sustained, could pose a threat to the recovery just as the economy is starting to pick … Read more

FDA Warning Issued About Hand Sanitizer Packaging

August 28, 2020 — Alcohol-based hand sanitizers that are packaged in containers that look like food items or drinks could cause injury or death if ingested, according to a new warning the FDA issued Thursday. Hand sanitizers are being packaged in beer cans, water bottles, juice bottles, vodka bottles and children’s food pouches, the FDA … Read more

This company makes food packaging out of bamboo to cut down on trash

This company makes food packaging out of bamboo to cut down on trash

To tackle Thailand’s mounting trash problem, one company is turning to the country’s plant life. Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava, crops that are widely found across the country. After growing rapidly in recent decades, Thailand has become … Read more