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New York: Your love for pizzas, French fries and burgers that come packed in greaseproof paper -- containing fluorinated compounds -- may lead to developmental problems in children, decreased fertility and an increased risk of cancer, researchers warned.

The findings showed that food packaging contains more than two dozen toxic highly fluorinated chemicals, including a phased-out substance called PFASs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as PFCs, that come mostly from older, recycled materials or other undetermined sources.