US EditionNew Findings: Young People Are Also Heavily Burdened with Banned Plasticizers
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Residues of a dangerous pollutant have, according to the Federal Environment Agency, continued to be detected in almost all investigated urine samples of children.
Two years ago, a Federal Office in the urine of children made a worrying finding: prohibited plasticizers, which originate from impurities in sunscreens. However, contact with the harmful substance has also been established in new samples.
Berliner Morgenpost
Again, toxicologists find residues of a dangerous plasticizer in urine samples. The extent and concentration surprise the experts.
Dessau – According to the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), residues of a harmful plasticizer have once again been found in the urine of children and adolescents. A breakdown product of a plasticizer, considered harmful to reproduction and present in the urine of children and adolescents, was detected in 92 percent of the samples collected between April and July of last year.
In urine samples from six to 17-year-olds from last year, the reproductive-damaging substance MnHexP has been detected. Meanwhile, the origin is also known.
In 92 percent of urine samples from children and adolescents, the Federal Environment Agency once again found the reproductive-damaging substance MnHexP. As a source, sunscreen remains suspected.
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