ban on BPA peppers
]26 November 2010 ntvmsnbc.com
]The use of Bisphenol A in pepperons in Europe... [[T][4]
[European Commission banned the "Bisfenol A" substance used to harden the plastic in peppers.
The material, also known as BPA, according to the law to be applied from the next year, can affect the immune and development system of babies, cause tumor development.
In September, the first ban on the subject was Canada.
The information on the road to cancer caused by the hot-compression of the drug of theBisphenol A banned the sales of such peppers. [
For some time concerns about the use of BPA were on the agenda, six producers in the US left using BPA agent in the products they sold in the American market.
However, products containing Bisphenol A in other markets were sold.
Bisphenol A substance is used in plastic pepperon, water drums and many more transparent plastic materials.
Biberones have hard-right water and food containers and similar kitchen materials.
[The European Parliament was called in June to ban Bisphenol A substance.
[According to this, the production of pepperon containing Bisphenol A in the member countries of the European Union will stop from March of the next year, the sale and export will also be completely finalized from June.
The Ministry of Health in Turkey reported that the scientific data on the article Bisphenol A in the description of which it did in July was not a situation to concern citizens.
[Bakanlik had been closely followed by the 'National Cancer Advisory Board', established in 2005, of topics related to Bisphenol A and similar substances, and in cooperation with international organizations such as European Food Safety Agency and American FDA.
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