• April 25, 2024

Many boxes in which the pizzas could represent a threat for health due to the components chemical that contain. The Council for the Defense of Natural Resources United States (NRDC) , make requests for ban said substances harmful.

The boxes of Pizza , like other types of food packaging, contain perfluorocarbons (PFCs) , used so that wrappers be resistant to the action of Water Y grease . They are also made with perchlorates , antistatic agent in the sealing of food containers.

These chemical compounds are related to serious conditions for health such as dysfunction thyroid , a slow development prenatal and postnatal brain Testicular degeneration ”.

They seek to ban its manufacture

In 2011 the Food and Drug Agency United Statesforbade the use of compounds perfluorinated US manufacturers after checking these harmful effects, despite which this chemical is still found in boxes and food packaging.

This is the reason why the NRDC has made two requests to that American agency. One of them is aimed at preventing PFCs are found in food following importation of food packaging from China and India, and the other aimed at banning perchlorate in food packaging.

The Food and Drug Agency should ensure that perfluorocarbons , after having asked the national producers to stop using them, they can not enter our supply through the boxes of Pizza or sandwiches wrappers made abroad, "he says. Erik D. Olson, strategic director of the Nrdc .

At the beginning of this year the existence was detected azodicarbonamide in the containers of wrappers of products of fast food , synthetic chemical compound used to manufacture yoga mats, sole of the shoes and artificial skin.

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