It seems that everything we eat and drink, "shrouded" plastic. Is this a problem, and is this dangerous for our health? It all depends on what kind of plastic is it that you do and who you ask. Should think about bisphenol a, component plastic, which has recently been questioned.

Speaking about the harm that can cause us plastic, it is necessary to say about the three important things. First, it must be something harmful, secondly, harmful substances, coming out of plastic, enter the body of a man, thirdly, these substances should be kept in sufficient quantity to hurt you.

Polycarbonate is one of the kinds of plastic, meets at least two of these criteria harm. It contains an ingredient bisphenol-a (BPA), which recently received a lot of attention due to the fact that its use in baby bottles may cause harm to the little evolving organism, and also to animals. Studies have shown that BFA can "migrate" plastics in food and drinks, and then, respectively, in the human body.

Substances contained in molecules BFA together with polycarbonate, apart for a very long period of time, during heating or under the influence of acid or alkaline environments. Because of this, these substances BFA never successfully neutralized. Thus, the connection BFA are attached to food or beverages, Packed in plastic container is made of polycarbonate, and then seep into your body.

They find themselves in the human body, bisphenol a under the guise of a sexual hormone begins to act as the destroyer of the endocrine system. This is a particular problem when sexual development, which depends on the exact alarm hormones: Grow up now! And now time for hair growth! You should not be developed rib cage, you're a boy!

Recent studies have shown that BFA, even in small quantities may cause damage to the developing young of rodents. The question is whether it can harm the person in those amounts, the effect of which we regularly.

In the spring of this year the canadian health authorities decided to ban baby bottles made of plastic polycarbonate. Despite the fact that the world community has come to the conclusion that the number of BFA entering the human body, even less safe level, the canadian health authorities fear that even low quantities of this substance can harm a developing child's organism. Tony Clement (Tony Clement, Minister of health of Canada, said that it is better to be safe than to be sorry later.

American experts note that at the moment the amount consumed BFA is safe for people of all ages because it is three times less than the level that is considered safe (0.05 mg / kg body a day). However, in a review published in 2007 in the journal "Reproductive toxicology" (Reproductive Toxicology), scientists say that more than 40 of the conducted researches came to the conclusion that the BFA is harmful even at lower doses than safe dose for humans.

However, after studying 200 separate studies on harm BFA, European and American experts came to the conclusion that the number of BFA, which is contained in baby bottles made of polycarbonate, can harm a developing organism. Moreover, marked them "some concern" is a cross between a "negligible concern" and "serious concern". It's definitely not fatal, but also unsafe.

Summing up, it should be noted that people are not subjected to a BFA in dangerous doses, but many doubt the accuracy "safe". Knowing that even small amounts of BPA can bring you inconvenience, maybe we should switch to other means of storing food and drinks?

Source: www.lifeslittlemysteries.com