March 9/Zurich, Switzerland/The Pioneer -- A new study in Europe has warned of a possible link between recycled breakfast cereal packets and cancer. Researchers in Switzerland claim to have found that mineral oils in printing ink from recycled newspapers used in cardboard can get into foods such as breakfast cereals, even passing through protective inner plastic bags.
Even brands of pasta and rice which are packaged in recycled cardboard could also pose a risk. Dr Koni Grob from the Food Safety Laboratory in Zurich said toxicologists had linked the oils to inflammation of internal organs and even cancer, though he stressed that individual meals would contain a tiny dose of the chemicals.