有证据表明",可堆肥"的食品服务器具的堆肥污染了per-和多基物质 (PFAS)
Caleb P Goossen1, Rachel E Schattman2, Jean D MacRae3
1Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, P.O. Box 170, Unity, Maine 04988.
Biointerphases
|June 6, 2023
概括
可堆肥的食品服务器将有害的和多基物质 (PFAS) 浸出到成品堆肥中. 这种污染可能会污染水源和作物.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 食品科学 食品科学 食品科学
背景情况:
- 和多醇基物质 (PFAS) 在食品服务器皿中广泛用于防水和防脂.
- 关于PFAS的健康问题促使人们对食品系统污染途径进行调查.
- 可堆肥的食品服务器越来越多地使用,这引发了关于其寿命终端影响的问题.
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