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In September, conducted a review of bottles for the kids - they had found dangerous substance bisphenol A. Now it is found in baby food and ...

Sexual issue

The study was conducted in the laboratory analytical Ecotoxicology Institute of Ecology and Evolution. Severtsov RAS.

- Bisphenol A - a synthetic analogue of estrogen and therefore behaves in the body similar to female hormones - says Yefim Brodsky, head of the laboratory, Doctor of chemical sciences . - It is used in the manufacture of some plastics. Because of the toxicity to it now riveted attention worldwide. But even in Russia is not set the maximum allowable concentration of bisphenol A in the product. There is only the norm of its content in the water. We have developed a methodology for the detection of bisphenol in food. But as long as it does not demand: Federal Service pays no attention to bisphenol. Meanwhile, our research shows that it is in baby food, canned food and other products in metal cans.

In the world of big fuss about Bisphenol A .  Last year, American scientists have convincingly shown that it is harmful to boys, even in so-called harmless concentrations .  Officially, they are safe, and we encounter them very often .  I wanted it to the reproductive system of the future men during fetal development and in the first year of life .  The kid gets a chemical through the placenta, then from breast milk and baby food .  In utero BPA adversely affects the development of the testes, and after birth - the formation of Leydig cells that produce the male hormone testosterone .  Harmful chemical and future women - it can have a negative impact on the formation of ovaries .  And it seems that it can lead to infertility and early menopause .  Scientists do not exclude that such changes may be inherited .  In addition, the artificial hormone estrogen interferes with normal, increasing the risk of breast cancer in women, prostate cancer in men, as well as other cancers, heart disease, obesity, diabetes .  These studies have been published in many journals serious, we talk about them on representative scientific forums .

People - like mice

It is no accident in the United States and Canada in 2010 banned baby bottles made of polycarbonate containing bisphenol .  So did France and Denmark, but the EU committed to protecting goods for babies with this substance .  Interests manufacturers of bottles and other utensils with bisphenol lobbied for the youngest British .  But in November last year still banned the sale and importation of such products into Europe from May 1, 2011 .  It seems that the decision of European officials influenced by Professor Frederick vom Saal .  He has published in the renowned magazine «Environmental Health Perspectives» study, which showed that in mice and humans chemical behaves identically .  It knocked out the main argument of the lobbyists who argued that animal studies are not applicable to humans .  Moreover, vom Saal has shown that the pollution level of the substance higher than previously thought .  He called on the chemical industry to open all the scope of bisphenol - many of them still remain a mystery .  We now know that in addition to plastic it is used for the internal coating of cans (to protect the walls against corrosion of metal cans) and for heat-sensitive paper for receipts and tickets .

Mystery banks

- We basically checked the baby food in cans - says Feshin Denis, Ph.D., of the Laboratory of Analytical Ecotoxicology . - In principle, these coating can be made from materials in which the bisphenol is not used, and our examination showed that in some samples it practically absent. But in others it may exceed the maximum permissible concentration for water 2-4 times (we compared its contents with this indicator, since it is not food). This suggests that producers do not pay enough attention to the packaging for its products.

The table shows that bisphenol dose in different products in different hundred times. Therefore, the introduction of control over its content in products would help to solve the problem - the company chose to bank security.

We are acquainted with the results of the manufacturer detpitaniya. In the "Wimm-Bill-Dann" doubted the figures supplied and comment refused. A spokesman for the company "Unimilk" Eugene Lampadova said: "The main task of the company is the production of high-quality and healthy products. We take a responsible approach to business, knowing that consumers of our products are all strata of the population, so in its production, and especially baby food, use only high-quality raw materials, ingredients and packaging materials. Puree "Tema" is packed in tins made of materials permitted by Rospotrebnadzor (we have a sanitary-epidemiological conclusions) for baby food. Expert opinion is difficult to comment on because we have not been granted research protocols. "

There is no official control of bisphenol in the products we have to choose canned in glass containers - it is the safest and the most expensive. Incidentally, in adults canned bisphenol less.

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