Rolf Halden

Fast Food With Most Plastic Chemicals Revealed

PlasticList, a database showing many popular highly processed food items sold at major dining chains in the U.S. contain high levels of chemicals commonly found in products that have contact with plastics during production, packaging or delivering processes. Studies show chemical in these plastics can leach into food products and cause harm to human health. Rolf Halden, a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Fulton Schools, and the director of ASU’s Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, is among experts warning of an array of harmful impacts these plastics can have on the health of humans and animals.