{
  "id": 6285778,
  "title": "New screening system flags food-packaging chemicals linked to serious health risks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/new-screening-system-flags-food-packaging-chemicals-linked-to-serious",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T13:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-screening-flags-food-packaging-chemicals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Packaged food usually sits in plastic-lined bags designed to keep air, moisture and contaminants out. That same protection can also increase the chances of chemicals from the packaging seeping into the food. When a chemical raises health concerns, industries often swap it for a molecular cousin, a substitution that may either be genuinely safer or simply be too understudied to know whether it is…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}