Contamination alert Bisphenol-A from Paper

Wild discovery of toxic materials in the plastic material known as Bisphenol-A not long after. Bisphenol-A is also now known to circulate in the paper that you normally get from the supermarket cashier.

Bisphenol-A itself is a highly toxic material to the body. Bisphenol-A is known to damage the brain, nerves and cause several diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

Several previous studies said that Bisphenol-A is known to many in the plastic material can lead to heart disease and even death. Therefore, some made from plastic which is forbidden to use repeatedly.

Now, without realizing it, the paper obtained from the cash register each day can be a Bisphenol-A, especially the media exposure is found in many U.S. regions as quoted from Glamour.com, Wednesday (14/10/2009).

John Warner of Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry found paper made to the bill at the checkout includes Bisphenol-A materials. Although the Agency for the U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) has not been given the label of the dangers of products made from BPA, but researchers suspect a dangerous potential for the body.

Although the paper does not relate directly with the food, but contamination can occur through the hands. If it were so, Bisphenol-A course materials can enter the body if not immediately wash his hands.

"Bisphenol-A many of the tools are made of polycarbonate plastic commonly. But it's also a toxic substance found in a paper bill, and the extent of amounts greater than kebih in plastic, which is 60-100 milligrams of Bisphenol-A free," said Warner.

Other papers that Bisphenol-A is suspected to contain carbon paper. For that, researchers suggested that supermarket customers always wash their hands after shopping and avoid holding the food directly from the hand.