How can the “dangerous” chemicals discovered in European Union products affect your health
propagandaLast year, there were a record number of harmful consumption products in the European Union, where the toxic chemicals may be the main responsible.
According to a new report of the European Commission, in 2024 there was more than 4,100 alert about this type of productThe highest level of record in the past two decades. According to this report, “dangerous chemicals” were found in cosmetics, liquids, clothes, cheap jewelry and games.
The warnings came through the Safement Gate, which allows countries to report consumer products and professionals who include a threat to people’s health.
It covers the banned chemicals to the risks of suffocation or suffocation and products that can harm the ear or width. Foods and medications are not included because they have their alarm system.
Here some of the main Chemicals Discover last year in the European Union in industrial products and consumers, and what it means to human health.
Artificial perfumes
Artificial Perfume called 2- (4-TERC-BUTILBENCY) Propiondehyde, or BMHCAIt is found in almost all cosmetics with chemical risks. BMHCA It is commonly used in perfumes, makeup, preparations, deodorants and hair productsAnd it has a floral smell similar to the smell of the valleys.
but It has been prohibited in the European Union cosmetics since March 2022 For fear that people will harm people’s fertility and harm to children in the womb, as well as irritation of the skin. If you are interested in finding BMHCA on the shelves, you can find it in a product list like butylfenilmethylpropional.
“Forever” materials are restricted
Las The short chain, or PCCCIt is a group of industrial chemicals used, such as flame inhibitors and can be found in Old rubber and plastic elements such as transport belts, hoses, cables and joints.
It is part of a group of PFAS, or “chemicals forever”This takes time to decompose the environment, This makes it accumulate in the food chain and in living organisms. It is illegal to import PCCC to the European Union and there are strict rules about their use, but last year they were found in European Union cables, according to the report.
Research indicates that chlorinated paraffin can cause damage to the liver and kidneys, harm children’s development, cause endocrine disorders and reproductive problems, and cause immune system problems. Those who have shorter carbon chains and top chlorine concentrations can be more harmful to human health.
“They assume that a danger not only to human health, but also for the environment, because they are toxic to water organisms with low concentrations and biological accumulation in animals and humans,” the report says.
Lead
According to the report, last year, the presence of a poisonous metal was discovered in the European Union Weld (The materials used to unify the metal parts permanently).
No level of lead is safe, and the European Union has strict limits for exposure to work. But some year some 300 related diseases.
People can inhale the molecules when they burn, recycle or cut the head of the lead materials. It can also be exposed if they eat contaminated water, food or dust, depending on World Health Organization (WHO).
Lead Access to the brain, liver, kidneys and bones. It affects reproductive systems, heart and blood vessels, and can harm the development of children.
propagandaIn Western Europe, this is believed Almost 2.5 million children and adolescents They have blood lead levels at least five micrograms per deciliter, a level associated with a decrease in intellectual laboratories, cognitive problems, attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity (ADHD), among other health problems.
