NEWS|PC plastic bottled drinks may dissolution of bisphenol A! It could lead to disease

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2016-02-23 02:40 United Daily News reporter Huang Anqi / Taipei

 

 

 

 

Experts point out that plastic beverage containers and more no problem, but if the PC material and acidic beverages encounter, fear of risk. Reporter Wang Tengyi / Photography

Avoid sharing plasticizer beverages, many people no longer use plastic cup hot drinks, but reminded John Tung Foundation, according to foreign studies, PC plastic bottled drinks, may still be the dissolution of bisphenol A, recommend PC plastic material containers Up cold water can only be installed if the dress acidic beverages, tea, fear of risk.

Harvard School of Public Health at the "Environmental Health Perspectives journal," published research, a cold drink a week with PC (polycarbonate) plastic bottles, compared to stainless steel water bottles, the subject of bisphenol A concentration in urine, the average increase Liucheng nine.

 

This study gives seventy-seven students, stainless steel cold drink bottle week the second week and then replaced PC plastic bottles, the results show that the subject of bisphenol A concentration in urine increased a lot. Director of the John Tung Foundation, Food and Nutrition Center ARCHIVES said bisphenol A as an environmental hormone, similar to estrogen, can interfere with hormonal balance, long-term excessive fear affect the reproductive capacity, growth and development, resulting in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

 

Commercially available plastic bottles are hundreds of species of Health, Welfare Department of the Ministry of Food and Drug Administration food group chief Ringland 砡 said, PC material has banned baby bottles for infants, before the rest of PC plastic tableware market, will do the dissolution test, after the listing of commodities if they are subject the excess of heavy metals, bisphenol a, to follow food safety law at 3-3000000 yuan fines.

 

Coming in September last year the Food and Drug Agency, where the contact surfaces of food containers containing plastic material, even if the bottle is stainless steel, the lid is "mash class" plastic container, it must be labeled material, or a heat-resistant temperature and repetitive use and other information, is expected to in June this year formally implemented.

 

Common PC sports bottle plastic bottles and cups. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, director of clinical toxicology Yanzong Hai believes, PC plastic bottle containing hot drinks may produce bisphenol A, containing fruit juice, tea and other acidic drinks can also cause the release of bisphenol-A, plus the plastic material is easily scratched, but also by risk.

 

Lan Yu suggested that the choice of plastic containers to see the label, do not wash out wash scratches, do not brush or hard steel scouring pads, you should use a mild detergent.

 

Source: http://udn.com/news/story/7266/1518721-PC%E5%A1%91%E8%86%A0%E7%93%B6%E8%A3%9D%E5%86%B7%E9%A3%B2-%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E6%BA%B6%E5%87%BA%E9%9B%99%E9%85%9AA