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It must be a great concern for everyone to choose what to eat during in-between seasons like these days not to mention fine dust and Covid19 problems. We are very particular when it comes to food. We want to check if it does not contain any carcinogen, heavy metals, or any influence on hormones. Yet, have you considered the safety of a container to hold the food? How Does Each Country Administrate FCMs? FCMs, Food Contact Materials, are a word to refer to any materials or articles that are supposed to be in contact with food. All types of packaging and cutlery that are made of plastic, rubber, paper, and metals fall into the category. Countries including the U.S. and Japan as well as India and China have implemented Positive List System to manage FCMs. The List indicates materials that are allowed to use in food packaging and any related equipment that are manufactured, imported or distributed inland. They strictly forbid the use of other materials that are not on the list. E...

  Have you heard of the movie, “Dark Waters”? Inspired by a true story, the movie talks about how dangerous PFCs(Per- and polyfluoro compounds) could be. It starts with 190 milk cows dying around the town where one of the major chemical manufacturing companies, DuPont, is located. People suffer from diseases for no apparent reason. Later, it turns out that they are related to PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic Acid), a harmful kind of PFCs, secretly released from the plant. Finding out the truth, Robert Bilott, an attorney of the case, started to fight for the case for 20 years since 1998 and finally had DuPont make reparations of $671 million.   PFCs(fluoropolymer), Carcinogen That Might Be Around Us All the Time PFCs are compounds that all – or some parts- of hydrogen in hydrocarbons are substituted for fluorine. They are used widely from various industry fields such as firefighting foams and cleaning in semiconductor manufacturing plants to consumer products like cookware, food pa...