# New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-07T12:00:13+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/07/nontoxic-plastic-lower-birth-weight-study
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/new-high-safety-chemicals-in-plastic-food-packaging-linked-to-lower-bi-58b959/

Dinch, an allegedly ‘safe’ alternative, used in the EU and US also found to cause fetal development complications Exposure to a new generation of allegedly “safe” plasticizers is linked to lower birth weight and fetal development complications, which could cause serious health problems later in life, a new peer-reviewed study found. As the health risks in exposure to common phthalate plasticizers

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