{"id":121145,"date":"2022-03-23T21:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/03\/23\/inside-fdas-forever-chemicals-catastrophe\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:29:20","slug":"inside-fdas-forever-chemicals-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/inside-fdas-forever-chemicals-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside FDA\u2019s \u2018Forever Chemicals\u2019 Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers for DuPont knew the Food and Drug Administration had a serious concern that the company\u2019s new food packaging product might be toxic.<\/p>\n<p>Beagles and rats that were fed DuPont\u2019s grease-resistant coating for paper wrappers had enlarged livers after three months, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21295331-dupont-internal-zonyl-memo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> showed.<\/p>\n<p>The year was 1966.<\/p>\n<p>Inside FDA, toxicologists were irritated. \u201cThe petition is not acceptable for filing,\u201d they wrote in an internal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21297031-fda-memo-on-zonyl-pin-down-extent-of-use\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">memo<\/a>. The scientists wanted a two-year health study of the nonstick coating and the unfamiliar chemicals it was made of.<\/p>\n<p>A key chemical in that mixture is now infamous: PFOA, a notorious polluter of U.S. water supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The DuPont product, Zonyl RP, entered the picture as the nation was transforming its food system. Americans wanted eating to be fast, easy and cheap. At supermarkets, paper and plastic containers were delivering more food options to millions of people. 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