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Food Packaging Forum, a Switzerland-based nonprofit foundation, published a new database of more than 12,000 chemicals that may potentially be used in food packaging by manufacturers around the world. In an accompanying article published in the journal Environment International, researchers behind the database flagged more than 600 of these chemicals as highly hazardous to humans, and as top priorities for removal from food-contact materials.

Observations by Heather Krause, Orb Media Chief Data Scientist. At Orb Media we believe that journalism has a unique power and responsibility to shape our perception of the world around us and our role in it. And with that comes the need to provide transparency to our readers.

Journalism.co.uk, a publication covering journalism news based in the U.K., featured Orb Media in an article titled "Pen, paper and data: Orb's approach to global reporting." The article outlines Orb's editorial process and business model.