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I wonder how much of these plastics are environmental in general, for example if these plastics are in organic unpackaged fruit — it’s very likely environmental (e.g. microplastics in the water) as opposed to something in the processing for sale.

We should have some data on environmental plastics since the 1960s/70s. Would be interesting to see a graph.

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To my understanding it’s very hard to avoid phthalates in food, and studies have found them in fresh produce. That said, since the source of these contaminants is often the final packaging itself, or surfaces of equipment used in processing facilities, the concentrations tend to be increased in highly processed or packaged foods.

The original source article covers some of the sources, and has data tables for the things they tested.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/the...

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