Association between delivery-food consumption frequency and urinary bisphenol concentrations among Korean adults: a nationally representative study (Korean National Environmental Health Survey cycle 5, 2021–2023)

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Park and colleagues link how often Korean adults eat delivered food with levels of bisphenols, chemicals that disrupt hormones, in their urine, in 2026 public health research. Delivery meals arrive in plastic containers, a likely exposure route. The team measured bisphenol A and its substitutes, bisphenol S and bisphenol F. They then tested whether delivery frequency predicted each chemical with social factors held equal and plastic-related habits such as receipt handling.

Each step up in delivery-food frequency came with a 1.54 percent increase in urinary bisphenol S after adjustment, a strong statistical link. Neither bisphenol A nor bisphenol F showed a real link, with their estimates near zero in the same models. Because Korean delivery containers are usually bisphenol-free, Park reads the bisphenol S signal as a marker of the delivery routine, including thermal receipts and labels. The authors call for tracing which delivery items carry the chemical.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13648127