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Inslee Signs Nation’s 1st Law Banning Food Packaging Chemicals

From Oregon Public Broadcasting

“…Perfluorinated chemicals are used to make paper food packaging nonstick. They’re found in things like microwave popcorn bags, fast-food wrappers and pizza boxes.

Rep. Joan McBride, D-Kirkland, sponsored the bill.“Potentially those little pieces of paper wrapping up the hamburger had chemicals that potentially migrate into our bodies,” McBride told EarthFix in an earlier interview.” (Click here to read the whole article)