Does eating from plastic packaging increase your risk of cancer?
The research source provided does not cover this question, so nothing meaningful can be said about plastic packaging and cancer on the basis of the available data. Other studies are needed for a well-founded answer.
The only study provided (a global burden-of-disease analysis from Lancet 2025,1 examined 88 risk factors for disease burden, but plastic packaging or chemicals that can leach from it are not mentioned as an investigated risk factor for cancer.
Based solely on this source, no statement can be made about a link between eating from plastic packaging and cancer risk. The question falls outside the scope of what this study examined.
If you want a well-supported answer to this question, studies are needed that specifically look at exposure to substances from plastic, such as hormone-disrupting chemicals. Those sources have not been provided here, and any claims about them would go beyond the available data.