For McDonald's was detected PFAS toxic substances, soon McDonald's responded and said that in China use of food packaging materials did not add PFASs (perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds), in full compliance with relevant national standards. Please feel free to use them.

According to a previous report by the Beijing News, environmental groups ShopThink and Toxic Free Future recently released a report saying that the toxic substance PFASs have been found in food packaging at McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's, among other major fast-food outlets.

The study was conducted by testing 38 samples of food packaging from six chains for perfluorooctane sulfate, or perfluorinated and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Almost half of the samples tested positive for fluorine, indicating that the packaging contained PFAS.

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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PFAS are synthetic chemicals found in many products, including food packaging, household cleaners and nonstick cookware. Certain types of PFAs do not break down in the environment or in the human body, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).

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