More and more countries are regulating the use of the questionable plastic compound bisphenol A – and probably not without reason, as a new study shows: not only is the chemical found in almost all participating Europeans – almost all of them exceed the limit that is harmful to the health.
The study “measured chemicals in the bodies of people in Europe and detected BPA in the urine of 92 percent of adult participants from 11 European countries,” according to a report from the European Environment Agency.
The new study data is said to show that in three of the eleven countries studied, all participants were likely exposed to levels of BPA above the safe limit. These are France, Portugal and Luxembourg.
Often in contact with food
Bisphenol A is a synthetic chemical used in numerous food containers – such as plastic bottles and cans – as well as in drinking water pipes. According to the Environment Agency, even in small doses the chemical can weaken the immune system. Infertility and allergic skin reactions can also occur.
The proportion of the total of 2,756 study participants whose urine BPA levels were measured above the limit value was between 71 and 100 percent, depending on the country. In Germany this was 83 percent of the participants.
“We must take the results seriously”
Leena Ylä-Mononen, director of the Copenhagen-based Environment Agency, wrote in a statement: “We must take the results of this study seriously and take more action at EU level to reduce exposure to chemicals that pose a risk to the health of Europeans to limit. .”
Source: Krone
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