
Notable Scientific and Policy Papers Cited in Unwrapped Materials
Here you will find some of the key sources cited in the Unwrapped fact sheets and relied upon by the scientists at the Unwrapped Conference. This section includes policy reviews and technical reports as well as peer-reviewed research regarding the health effects of chemicals that migrate from food packaging and food contact materials and microplastics in the environment that enter the human body.
Catherine, S., Giorgia, B., Fabio, F., Barbara, R., Luigi, P., & Bruna, D. (2008). Perception Studies on the Safety of Food Packaging - Final report of WP7 of the EU Project “Foodmigrosure”. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection.
Dris, R., Gasperi, J. Rocher, V., Saad, M. Renault, N., Tassin, B. (2016) Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: a source of micoplastics in the environment? Mar. Pollut. Bull. 104 (1-2), 290-293.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. (2019). Reuse: Rethinking Packaging. Retrieved from: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/Reuse.pdf
Groh, K., Geueke, B., Martin, O., Maffini, M., & Muncke, J. (2020). Overview of intentionally used food contact chemicals and their hazards. Environment International, 106225.
Geueke, B., Inostroza, P., Maffini, M., Backhaus, T., Carney-Almroth, B., Groh, K. et al. (2018). Prioritization approaches for hazardous chemicals associated with plastic packaging.
Geueke, B., Groh, K., & Muncke, J. (2018). Food packaging in the circular economy: Overview of chemical safety aspects for commonly used materials. Journal Of Cleaner Production, 193, 491-505.
Geyer, R., Jambeck, J.R., Law, K.R. (2017) Production, Use and Fate of All Plastics Ever Made, Sci. Adv. 3:e1700782.
Kosuth, M., Mason, S., Wattenberg, E. (2018) Anthropogenic Contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt, 13(4) PLoS ONE e0194970
Liebezeit G., Liebezeit, E. (2013) Non-pollen Particulates in Honey and Sugar, 30(12) Food Additves and Contaminants Part A: Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment 2136, 2136-40
Maffini, M., Neltner, T., & Vogel, S. (2017). We are what we eat: Regulatory gaps in the United States that put our health at risk. PLOS Biology, 15(12), e2003578.
Mason, S.A., Welch, V.G. & Neratko,J. (2018) Synthetic Polymer Contamination in Bottled Water, 6 Frontiers in Chemistry 407
Muncke, J., Andersson, A., Backhaus, T., Boucher, J., Carney Almroth, B., & Castillo Castillo, A. et al. (2020). Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement. Environmental Health, 19(1).
Muncke, J., Backhaus, T., Geueke, B., Maffini, M., Martin, O., & Myers, J. et al. (2017). Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(9), 095001.
Philipp Schwabl et al., Assessment of microplastic concentrations in human stool – Preliminary Results of A Prospective Study, 6 United Eur. Gastroenterology J. Supplement 1(presented at UEG Week 2018)
Rethink Plastic Alliance, Moving Away from Single-Use: Guide for National Decision-Makers to Implement the Single-Use Plastics Directive, October 10, 2019.
Rochman, C.M., Tahir, A., Williams, S.L., Baxa D.V., Lam, R., Miller, J.T., Teh, F.C., Werorilangi, S., Teh, S. (2015) Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption, Sci Rep.; 5:14340.
S. Miller, M. Bolger & L. Copello. (2019). Reusable solutions: how governments can help stop single-use plastic pollution. 3Keel, Oxford, United Kingdom. A study by the Rethink Plastic alliance and the Break Free From Plastic movement.
Schymanski, D. et al. (2018) Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Ramanspectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water, 129 Water Res. 154, 154-62.
Smith, M., Love, D.C., Rochman, C.M., and Neff, R.A. (2018) Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health. Curr Environ Health Rep.,5(3): 375–386.
Upstream: www.upstreamsolutions.org/reusepolicies, and https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-businesses-directory
Van Cauwenberghe, L., Janssen, C.R. (2014) Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption, Environ Pollut. 193: 65-70.
Wright, S.L. & Kelly, F. J. (2017) Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue? 51(12) Envtl. Sci. & Tech. 6634, 6634-47.