加拿大快餐包装中的和多基基物质加拿大快餐包装中的和多基物质.
Heather Schwartz-Narbonne1, Chunjie Xia2, Anna Shalin1
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3B1, ON, Canada.
概括
加拿大快餐包装中存在Per-和多基物质 (PFAS),其中"可堆肥"碗显示的含量最高. 这些化学物质可以降解为令人担忧的化合物,表明对塑料的取代令人遗憾.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 由于其耐油脂和耐水性质,Per-和多基物质 (PFAS) 在食品包装中被广泛使用.
- 有关PFAS从包装进入食品和环境的潜在迁移存在担忧.
- 化工行业经常用一组PFAS替换另一组PFAS,导致"令人遗憾的替代".
研究的目的:
- 在加拿大快餐包装中全面分析PFAS的存在和类型.
- 调查PFAS释放和转化为有关化合物的潜力.
- 评估储存对食品包装中的PFAS含量的影响.
主要方法:
- 用粒子诱导的玛射线发射光谱法来量化总.
- 针对性和非针对性液体染色学-质谱分析了单个PFAS及其降解产品.
- 水解实验评估了PFAS前体的释放.
- 在储存两年后对包装进行分析,评估了化学稳定性.
主要成果:
- 55%的食品包装样本含有PFAS,其中"可堆肥"碗的度最高 (高达1300000μg F/m2).
- 针对性的分析确定了每个样本的4-15个单个PFAS,其中6:2甲基甲烯酸 (FTMAc) 和6:2甲基醇 (FTOH) 主导.
- 在水解后,多达34%的被释放出来,表明未知的前体,挥发性PFAS在两年的储存中减少.
结论:
- 加拿大快餐包装使用PFAS,特别是侧链化聚合物.
- 这些产品可以释放短链PFAS,这些可能会转化为毒理学相关的化合物.
- 在可堆肥碗中使用PFAS是一种令人遗憾的替代传统的一次性塑料包装,对食品安全和环境构成风险.
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