Alarming study: TFA in bread and pasta endangers children's health!
Alarming study: TFA in bread and pasta endangers children's health!
Oberösterreich, Österreich - The dangers from Trifluoracetate (TFA), a damaged dismantling product from PFAS, are increasingly becoming the focus of public health. A current examination of 48 grain products by AK Upper Austria in cooperation with Global 2000 has found alarming TFA loads. Numerous everyday foods such as bread, pasta and breakfast flakes were analyzed, which led to worrying results. Class = "Source_1"> OE24 reports .
The TFA content in the products examined were unforeseen, with the values in conventional products being three times as high as in organic products. The loads vary between 13 µg/kg for organic rye and 420 µg/kg for conventional butter cookies. It is particularly worrying that children with their daily grain consumption exceed the tolerable TFA dose for four times. found that the TFA load rose three times compared to almost a decade ago.
Health risks of TFA
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has classified TFA as reproductive oxic in category 1b. Environmental chemist Hans Peter Arp warns of the enrichment of TFA in our ecosystems, while organic farmer Maria Grünbacher comments on the spread of these so-called "eternity chemicals" in organic products. Latest findings show that PFAs, which are a material group, both TFA and other dangerous substances, health risks has.
The EFSA has also set a new threshold for PFAs: 4.4 nanograms per kilogram of body weight per week. This value is part of a comprehensive report on the risks of PFAS in food and takes the exposure into account compared to several chemical substances for simultaneous risk assessment.
mineral water and TFA load
In addition to the analysis of grain products, Global 2000 examined 23 Austrian mineral and healing waters on TFA. The test results show that more than half of the waters are loaded, with 9 products being completely free of TFA. While 12 products were above the EU limit of 100 nanograms per liter, mineral water from deep, protected sources usually have little to no TFA load. The study shows that intensive agriculture is the main reason for increased TFA values in shallow water resources.The Commission now calls for the Austrian federal government to take all pesticide products out of the market and to establish a corresponding limit in order to protect the health of the population.
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