Alarmerende hoeveelheid microplastics gevonden in het lichaam van kinderen

Uit een Duitse studie blijkt dat kleuters onverantwoord grote hoeveelheden microplastics in hun lichaam hebben...... Het gaat hier om perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) een uiterst giftige stof die o.a. gebruikt wordt om zaken waterdicht te maken..... De hoeveelheden worden vreemd genoeg hoger in kleinere kinderen. In 2020 zou er een wereldwijde ban op deze stof worden ingesteld, echter de EU, China en Iran hebben een uitzondering gemaakt voor het gebruik van deze stof en dan in 'medisch textiel....' Ach ja, de EU een organisatie die zich vooral inzet voor bedrijven en welgestelden, waar men het hele jaar door de deur wagenwijd heeft openstaan voor bedrijfslobbyisten......

Kinderen uit arme gezinnen hebben grotere hoeveelheden van PFOA's in het lichaam dan 'de beter gesitueerde kinderen'. Een deel van de wetenschap stelt dat deze vergiftiging (wat het in feite is) gevolgen zal hebben voor de rest van het leven van deze kinderen, zo worden vooral lever en voortplantingsorganen beschadigd door deze giftige troep......

Overigens C8 zoals PFOA ook wordt aangeduid , wordt in het lichaam van pasgeboren kinderen gevonden....... (zie de Twitterberichten aan het eind van het hieronder weergegeven artikel) Deze stof zou voorts in de bloedbaan van 99% van de VS bevolking zijn te vinden......

Overigens is het al lang bekend dat iedereen microplastics in het lichaam heeft, waar organisaties als het RIVM van zeggen dat het geen kwaad kan, maar ja dat zegt men daar ook van heel veel gifstoffen die worden gebruikt in de groente- en fruitteelt....... Alsof men bij het RIVM niet weet dat stoffen zich stapelen in het lichaam..... Anders gezegd: al die beetjes en cocktails van chemische stoffen bij elkaar opgeteld zullen uiteindelijk toch een duidelijk negatief effect hebben op ons functioneren en onze gezondheid....... Ofwel we worden weer belazerd met de dooddoener: slaapt u gerust verder..... Het RIVM is er dan ook voornamelijk om onrust onder de bevolking te voorkomen en regeringsstandpunten te legitimeren, standpunten waarmee giftigheid van allerlei stoffen en voedsel wordt gebagatelliseerd........ Het geld gaat immers altijd ver voor op de volksgezondheid......

German Study: Alarming Levels of Dangerous Plastics in Children's Bodies

Children from poorer families had more plastic residue in their bodies than those from higher-income homes.

by Common Dreams staff

In urine samples, residues of various plastic ingredients were found in 97 to 100 percent of the children examined. Researchers said that they were especially concerned about high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that were found. (Getty images)

Plastic by-products were found in an alarming 97-100% of blood and urine samples from 2,500 children tested between 2014 and 2017, according to a new study by the German Environment Ministry and the Robert Koch Institute.

Der Spiegel, the German weekly magazine, published the findings Saturday, which were part of a federal study focused on "human biomonitoring" of 3 to 17-year-olds. Traces from 11 out of 15 plastic ingredients were found in the test samples.

"Our study clearly shows that plastic ingredients, which are rising in production, are also showing up more and more in the body. It is really worrying that the youngest children are most affected as the most sensitive group," Marike Kolossa-Gehring, one of the study's authors, told the magazine.

Researchers said that they were especially concerned about high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that were found in the study. PFOA is an extremely persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemical frequently used in non-stick cookware and in waterproof clothing.

In 20 percent of those examined, they were above the limit, in the younger children, the proportion was even higher. The study also showed children from poorer families had more plastic residue in their bodies than children from higher-income families, according to German public broadcaster ARD

"It can not be that every fourth child between the ages of three and five is so heavily burdened with chemicals that long-term damage cannot be reliably ruled out," says (Bettina*) Hoffmann. "The Federal Government must make every effort to protect people from harmful chemicals," says Hoffmann, "Provision is an obligation."

The chemical is dangerous for the reproductive system and is toxic to the liver. While a global ban of perfluorooctanoic acid is to take effect in 2020, a group of international NGOs has criticized the EU for requiring an exemption for medical textiles from a global ban on the use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) agreed at the UN Conference of the Parties (COPs) last May.

In a statement, NGOs, including the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) and Arnika, expressed "deep regret and disapproval" for the request, which could "undermine an otherwise effective worldwide ban.

"Delegates from more than 180 countries agreed the prohibition of the use of the chemical, adding it to Annex III of the Stockholm Convention at the conference in Geneva. However, several exemptions for the substance, including one for medical textiles, were requested by the EU delegation – along with China and Iran – and approved.

The new German research was made available by the government upon request by a Green Party inquiry into the effects of chemicals on public health.

Hoffmann said that there has not been enough research on how plastic chemicals affect the body, and how they are ingested.

The results of the study also show an increase in exposure to substitutes for previously banned chemicals. Hoffmann sees this as a critical signal: Substances that are classified as dangerous should not be replaced by similar chemicals with likewise questionable properties, she says. In addition, it must be better researched, which entry routes chemicals enter the human body, the Green politician told Der Spiegel. The results of the study include, for example, the exposure to substances contained in cosmetics, children's toys or medical devices.

Tree Moore@TeresaM91951910

An alarming amt of plastic is showing up in children’s bodies, according to new German study released today, & microplastics are falling like snow in the arctic.
Sperm levels have declined 50% in 50 yrs- Xenoestrogens.
It might not be climate change that gets us, in the end.

Reiner Grißhammer@erlesen

Did you know 99% of Americans have a Teflon chemical in their blood This chemical C8 has been found in newborn babies, umbilical cord blood and breast milk https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/teflon-devil-we-know … C8, aka perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), is man-made and used in the process of producing Teflon

Teflon — The Devil We Know

What was not in existence a century ago is now found in the blood samples of over 99 percent of Americans and is responsible for the rising rate of cancer in the Ohio Valley. DuPont willfully dumped

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