date:Dec 14, 2018
Whole Foods Market has removed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals out of its food packaging. This was decided after a study from Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families found that nearly two-thirds of paper takeout containers contained elevated levels of fluorine, indicating that they were likely treated with PFAS.
Researchers tested 78 food packaging samples from five grocery stores, including Whole Foods Market, finding that four out of the fi