Testing Finds Industrial Chemical Phthalates in Cheese - don't eat processed cheese

http://kleanupkraft.org/data-summary.pdf

Summary of Major Findings

1. Phthalates were detected in nearly every cheese product tested (29 of 30 varieties).
   The testing identified ten different phthalates in all, with up to six in a single product;
2. Average phthalate levels were more than four times higher in macaroni and cheese
   powder samples than in hard blocks & other natural cheese, in fat of products tested;
3. DEHP, the most widely restricted phthalate, was found more often and at a much higher
   average concentration than any other phthalate, among all the cheese products tested.