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McDonalds Take a new step to serve a healthier product, but it does not affect sodium or trans greases in the food. The Fast Food chain has announced that they get rid of the toxic chemicals of the PFA currently present in the packaging of the very popular great Mac.

Changes arrive after a study, conducted by environmental rights groupsFuture toxic andSpirit the store, found high levelstoxin in food packages and containers used to some of the largest rapid catering chains of the country like McDonald and Burger King. The results have prompteda national call for action Citizens and organizations require McDonald's to stop using chemicals in its packaging. (In touch:McDonald's makes these 8 major upgrades.)

"We are proud to take another step in our product stewardship course with our commitment to eliminating all fluorinated compounds added from our global invited packaging materials by 2025," said the company in itsannouncement.

The company also revealed that it has already eliminated other chemicals such as BPA, BPS and phthalates in its packaging.

SPFA are a class of more than 5,000 human-based substances, which have shown to have a negative impact on human health, the environment and drinking water. Although they are still poorly regulated and can be found in daily items such as rain jackets, carpets and makeup,A high cdc official Called the presence and concentration of SPFA in American drinking water "one of the most public health problems seminales for the next decades. »

"Because McDonald's is the largest rapid catering chain of the world, this action will help chase the PFA of food packaging," said the director of the Mike Schade Store Campaign. "In the past year, tens of thousands of McDonald customers have raised their voice using society to act on this subject. We appreciate that McDonald adopts this important action and on our call."

However, Schade says that the campaign does not agree with McDonald's on one thing: the timeline of implementation, which should be 2025. "Four years is far too long for their clients and their front-line communities continue to pollute by these unnecessary chemicals forever "he says. "We exhort McDonald to eliminate these chemicals by 2022 and to ensure substitutes are safe and reusable. Other major fast food chains such as Burger King and Wendy should join them in PFAS conduct on food packaging. »

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