FDA Rules Chemicals In Pizza Boxes Are No Longer Safe

By Kyle Buis
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A rule change could affect how your pizza arrives due to a potential health risk.
The Food and Drug Administration announced it’s ready to ban three substances that are “used as oil and water repellents for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.” In other words, chemicals that help keep pizza grease from escaping the box.
The tree perfluoroalkyl ethyl substances were described in a f