The great development in the methods of preparing food and the diversity of consumption habits, the variety of types and forms of packaging materials in a large way, and although we benefit from these materials, especially that the advantages fit the pace of our lives fast and contribute to reducing the waste of food, but it affects the quality of food and validity and human health In the long term, because contact with food directly touches, these substances are a means of transporting toxins into the body. Environmental experts at the Zayed International Environmental Foundation have confirmed that food packaging is linked to serious diseases, especially since a range of chemicals used in hundreds of products, So Food packaging, accumulates in the human body and the body can not get rid of them quickly enough.
Fast food
The Secretary-General of the Zayed International Environmental Foundation, Dr. Mishkan Al-Awar, said: "Fast food packaging and its packaging are among the most important sources of toxic chemicals. A study by the US Food and Drug Administration revealed that these substances have gone from food packaging to food, Of fast-food wrappers that have been studied include sandwiches, pizza, fried chicken and desserts. They are also found in popcorn bags, drinking water, cosmetics chemicals and clothing. This is another reason to avoid junk food and ready-made fatty foods, Because the effect on embryos and children is much greater than the speed of their growth and small weights, which makes the concentration greater, and children by nature more exposed to chemicals through contaminated mothers' milk or movement and touch all things around them, and then enter their hands in their mouth.
Hormonal dysfunction
She called on the Secretary-General of the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment to be careful of printing inks that can contaminate foods causing hormonal imbalance. She said: "Recycled paper containers may contain toxic chemicals from the family of Avthalat, causing problems in the digestive system, Di-isobutyl phthalate and di-n-butyl phthalate. In addition, plastic containers are the most controversial in the scientific community because they contain chemicals that have been associated in some studies with negative effects on brain and reproductive growth In children, plastic is also introduced into the carton industry Yep, juice, known Balbola polyolefin (polyolefins) which contains a compound Abannrufinon (benzophenone), which in turn adversely affects the reproductive system of women ».
Laws
The Secretary-General commended the Zayed International Environmental Foundation for the international move to demand that food industries review and change the principle and concept of food packaging. "In Washington, the first state law prohibiting the use of toxic fluorine compounds in food packaging was signed in March 2018, SAN FRANCISCO - A law to ban the use of PFAS in disposable plastic utensils and containers is being prepared. California is in the process of legislating to force the packaging and dining industries to print a warning on products containing this group Chemicals ».
Effect
Dr. Issa Mohammed Abdullatif, Senior Advisor at the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment, said that there is a group of chemicals called PFAS that do not dissolve in water or fat or stick to food. They are used in hundreds of products, including food packaging, "These chemicals have been found in blood, urine, maternal milk and umbilical cord blood. They are spread throughout the human body of all nationalities, and have been shown to have an effect on liver, fertilization and growth, and have been linked to tumors and dysfunction," he said. Thyroid and pyramid work And increased, the possibility of pregnant women with high pressure and seizures and reduce the effectiveness of vaccination of children ».
Metal Covers
Al-Abdullatif explained that glass is considered safe. However, metal sheets may contain phthalate, which inhibits the action of hormones. Aluminum cans may contain a carcinogenic and irritant antibody of phenol compounds.
Contamination of fast food
To reduce contamination of foods, wash your hands frequently to prevent the transmission of germs from one food to another, and not to prepare meat and fish on the same surface you use to prepare other foods, to avoid the risk of contamination, in addition to the need to store food safely inside the refrigerator, Eating food for a long time in the air or even staying inside the food long, because it makes it inedible, stressing that the remnants of restaurant meals the worst choice that may be thought of him, especially that the contamination of bacteria and smells of smoke in restaurants and dust in the air, Causing the transmission of infectious diseases, in particular Sneezing or coughing will happen during eating.