Once was our toxicology
in European top. Nothing that has not undergone check of the
Jugoinspekt could not be offered for sale. Without their certificates
were not be possible to get license to be put anything on our market.
For example, the colleague in our company 'Kemikalija' then Savska
62, Zagreb, had denied license to put on the market the Chinese
porcelain, because surface had leaded glass ...
In the pre Internet age without informations we were absorbing all the information, spreading informed our colleagues, organized a seminars to spreading it, because the Amiga and Atari will come only in a decade time and more far more later the internet ...
Agricultural and food products for testing, paid out of own pocket, Mr. SCI Goran Hrlec analyzed at the Institute for Plant Protection Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb, paying at the end the exposure to poisons through the years, by toll on his own health.
For his work on international consulting toxicologist seminar he got clumsy compliment, by DR. Milan Maceljski that in this area of toxicology knows all only him and ... "... only one kid Hrlec ..."
(Wanted to say that due to age, thirty, Mr.Sci. Goran Hrlec gathered a remarkable knowledge on the toxicological problems because the toxicology interested him since high school.)
Germans today have "FOODWATCH" which also looks after the quality of food products, analyzing samples, so was the dioxin found in a fodder ...
Seminar on flame retardants such as held on April 14/15th 1981 at hotel Lav in Split, or the seminar on handling of methyl bromide, the first group of toxins, which are widely used for disinfection of tobacco in the Podravina,Croatia and in Macedonia, held on December 7/8 th 1981. organized by Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Indiana, USA, on Bled Lake in Slovenia, organized by the writer of this blog ...
A week ago the Inex-Adria's flight to Corsica had accident, no one survived ...
A problem with bis-phenoles in the early 80-ies informed by Mr. Sci Stanka Jakovljevic Seljan, a technologist in the OKI, who is in her workplace developed patents.
Namely, then we still have the right to choose: glass baby bottles with plastic screw that was deformed during boiling sterilization, the content of the bottle leaked to the baby chest, so that we could hardly wait for the plastic bottle with a perfect 'sealing' as Mister Baby, Chicco ...But Stanka warned us that they are NOT safe but toxic...Then, over 30 years ago we knew that!
Then, this has being only the first ice cubes in an ocean of ignorance, and now unfortunately, the more knowledge is collected to the size of problems that shoots the eyes, more and more like that of icebergs that sank the Titanic, with the difference that it was than one vessel that took toll of thousands lives, and today is threatened ALL THE HUMANITY!
And it is unacceptable that in this time of the ruling of informatics, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE GRATEST POLLUTERS OF OUR GLOBE, that we had them for decades in front of the our eyes, to paraphrase the movie "EYES WIDE SHUT" ours were also wide shut. By this unseeing we have slowly sliding down through the inexpensive, soft, comfortable plastic, bathed in the finest perfume scents to the EDGE OF SURVIVAL!
Because phthalates are responsible for decline of male fertility, which in the past 50 years, dropped for the same digit percentages!
Well enough with that introduction, what are phthalates after all?
Simply, esters of phthalic acid, chemists know, clear syrup liquid immiscible with water that does not dissolve it, but the oils that. Happiness is that they are poorly volatile, if at the phthalate luck exists ... There were syntesized in 20-ies of the last century, substituting camphor of heavy odor, but the already 1931 here they are as the softeners in PVC, di 2 ethyl hexyl phthalate, DEHP abbreviations.
They really found too broad application, very carelessly introduced, again without any toxicological tests in the gelling agents, stabilizers, emulsifiers, adhesives, but unfortunately as well in the cosmetics, detergents, medical equipment (eg bags and bottles of physiological solution, blood containers and bags, catheter, tubes...) vax for modeling, paints, inks for printers, raincoat waterproofs, perfumes, mascara, nail polish, liquid soap, hair sprays, a solvent for repellents ... but unfortunately in children's cosmetics, baby powders, bath shampoo. ..
Well, if we could have now that we have over 50 years ago, a collection of pure baby care products Babimira, Zagreb Central Pharmacy produced in the last century ... No preservatives, no harmful odors, colors, stabilizers, no phthalates ...
Maybe you will understand the full scale of the problem the fact that the production of phthalates in 2004 was ABOVE 350,000 tons, it is already 60 percent of products containing at least one sort of phthalates, today the figure is only grown!
PVC is a hard plastic, it would become softer by aplication of the softeners, more easily shaped, softeners are the phthalates. Phthalates from PVC consists of a mixture without covalent bonds and therefore more easily evaporate from the mixture out...
The release of phthalates had favored the aging of plastic that breaks and even easier and faster release phthalates. Although phthalates are unstable and susceptible to biodegradation, photodegradation( exposed to Sun rays aging faster), anaerobic decomposition, unfortunately they will do harm to your health before they degrade ...
The smaller molecules of radicals at the ends of esters are, such as methyl or ethyl, its volatility will be higher, so you will not even know you are breathing in phthalates from your fragrances, soaps, cosmetics, but as well floor tiles ... Precisely because of these properties, they are used for perfume and fragrance industry.
Due to global pollution by PVC, the relative low volatility of the phthalate plasticizer-PVC, DEHP, di 2 ethyl hexyl phthalate, may we call luck!.
It would be good to you write down these shortcuts and check the labels of products you buy, because the most manufacturers knowingly publishes the composition of its products, in order to avoid the most harmful ones:
DEHP- ethyl hexyl phthalate DI2-in PVC, the most widely used because its the cheapest
DIDP - di-phthalate decile
DINP - phthalate, di nonil
BzBP- butyl benzyl phthalate, in foaming PVC flooring
DMP - dimethyl phthalate, fragrance industry
DEP - diethyl phthalate, the same as the previous one, due to volatility penetrates into the body by inhalation, but also through the skin ...
The amount of phthalates in humans causes concern of the physicians, following the tests of the urine, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
Phthalates are, mostly found in oily foods like, milk, butter, fatty meats ...
The Canadian study of 90-ies of the last century has shown that children's exposure to phthalates is HIGHER in children than in adults. So DAILY EXPOSURE children to DEHP, diethyl hexyl phthalate, one softener for PVC was:
Infants 9 micrograms / kg weight / day
Children 14 " / " / "
Adults 6 " / " / "
Unfortunately, these phthalates has entered in infant and children's body through the use of the children's cosmetics!
In the pre Internet age without informations we were absorbing all the information, spreading informed our colleagues, organized a seminars to spreading it, because the Amiga and Atari will come only in a decade time and more far more later the internet ...
Agricultural and food products for testing, paid out of own pocket, Mr. SCI Goran Hrlec analyzed at the Institute for Plant Protection Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb, paying at the end the exposure to poisons through the years, by toll on his own health.
For his work on international consulting toxicologist seminar he got clumsy compliment, by DR. Milan Maceljski that in this area of toxicology knows all only him and ... "... only one kid Hrlec ..."
(Wanted to say that due to age, thirty, Mr.Sci. Goran Hrlec gathered a remarkable knowledge on the toxicological problems because the toxicology interested him since high school.)
Germans today have "FOODWATCH" which also looks after the quality of food products, analyzing samples, so was the dioxin found in a fodder ...
Seminar on flame retardants such as held on April 14/15th 1981 at hotel Lav in Split, or the seminar on handling of methyl bromide, the first group of toxins, which are widely used for disinfection of tobacco in the Podravina,Croatia and in Macedonia, held on December 7/8 th 1981. organized by Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Indiana, USA, on Bled Lake in Slovenia, organized by the writer of this blog ...
A week ago the Inex-Adria's flight to Corsica had accident, no one survived ...
A problem with bis-phenoles in the early 80-ies informed by Mr. Sci Stanka Jakovljevic Seljan, a technologist in the OKI, who is in her workplace developed patents.
Namely, then we still have the right to choose: glass baby bottles with plastic screw that was deformed during boiling sterilization, the content of the bottle leaked to the baby chest, so that we could hardly wait for the plastic bottle with a perfect 'sealing' as Mister Baby, Chicco ...But Stanka warned us that they are NOT safe but toxic...Then, over 30 years ago we knew that!
Then, this has being only the first ice cubes in an ocean of ignorance, and now unfortunately, the more knowledge is collected to the size of problems that shoots the eyes, more and more like that of icebergs that sank the Titanic, with the difference that it was than one vessel that took toll of thousands lives, and today is threatened ALL THE HUMANITY!
And it is unacceptable that in this time of the ruling of informatics, WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE GRATEST POLLUTERS OF OUR GLOBE, that we had them for decades in front of the our eyes, to paraphrase the movie "EYES WIDE SHUT" ours were also wide shut. By this unseeing we have slowly sliding down through the inexpensive, soft, comfortable plastic, bathed in the finest perfume scents to the EDGE OF SURVIVAL!
Because phthalates are responsible for decline of male fertility, which in the past 50 years, dropped for the same digit percentages!
Well enough with that introduction, what are phthalates after all?
Simply, esters of phthalic acid, chemists know, clear syrup liquid immiscible with water that does not dissolve it, but the oils that. Happiness is that they are poorly volatile, if at the phthalate luck exists ... There were syntesized in 20-ies of the last century, substituting camphor of heavy odor, but the already 1931 here they are as the softeners in PVC, di 2 ethyl hexyl phthalate, DEHP abbreviations.
They really found too broad application, very carelessly introduced, again without any toxicological tests in the gelling agents, stabilizers, emulsifiers, adhesives, but unfortunately as well in the cosmetics, detergents, medical equipment (eg bags and bottles of physiological solution, blood containers and bags, catheter, tubes...) vax for modeling, paints, inks for printers, raincoat waterproofs, perfumes, mascara, nail polish, liquid soap, hair sprays, a solvent for repellents ... but unfortunately in children's cosmetics, baby powders, bath shampoo. ..
Well, if we could have now that we have over 50 years ago, a collection of pure baby care products Babimira, Zagreb Central Pharmacy produced in the last century ... No preservatives, no harmful odors, colors, stabilizers, no phthalates ...
Maybe you will understand the full scale of the problem the fact that the production of phthalates in 2004 was ABOVE 350,000 tons, it is already 60 percent of products containing at least one sort of phthalates, today the figure is only grown!
PVC is a hard plastic, it would become softer by aplication of the softeners, more easily shaped, softeners are the phthalates. Phthalates from PVC consists of a mixture without covalent bonds and therefore more easily evaporate from the mixture out...
The release of phthalates had favored the aging of plastic that breaks and even easier and faster release phthalates. Although phthalates are unstable and susceptible to biodegradation, photodegradation( exposed to Sun rays aging faster), anaerobic decomposition, unfortunately they will do harm to your health before they degrade ...
The smaller molecules of radicals at the ends of esters are, such as methyl or ethyl, its volatility will be higher, so you will not even know you are breathing in phthalates from your fragrances, soaps, cosmetics, but as well floor tiles ... Precisely because of these properties, they are used for perfume and fragrance industry.
Due to global pollution by PVC, the relative low volatility of the phthalate plasticizer-PVC, DEHP, di 2 ethyl hexyl phthalate, may we call luck!.
It would be good to you write down these shortcuts and check the labels of products you buy, because the most manufacturers knowingly publishes the composition of its products, in order to avoid the most harmful ones:
DEHP- ethyl hexyl phthalate DI2-in PVC, the most widely used because its the cheapest
DIDP - di-phthalate decile
DINP - phthalate, di nonil
BzBP- butyl benzyl phthalate, in foaming PVC flooring
DMP - dimethyl phthalate, fragrance industry
DEP - diethyl phthalate, the same as the previous one, due to volatility penetrates into the body by inhalation, but also through the skin ...
The amount of phthalates in humans causes concern of the physicians, following the tests of the urine, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
Phthalates are, mostly found in oily foods like, milk, butter, fatty meats ...
The Canadian study of 90-ies of the last century has shown that children's exposure to phthalates is HIGHER in children than in adults. So DAILY EXPOSURE children to DEHP, diethyl hexyl phthalate, one softener for PVC was:
Infants 9 micrograms / kg weight / day
Children 14 " / " / "
Adults 6 " / " / "
Unfortunately, these phthalates has entered in infant and children's body through the use of the children's cosmetics!
PARENTS, THINK ABOUT THIS!
TRY TO AVOID PHTHALATES AS
MORE YOU CAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOR INFANT!
Infants are most vulnerable because of the difficulty of the urine excretion from the body, due to undeveloped kidneys and affects the baby's the endocrine and reproductive systems ...
Unfortunately, the effect of phthalates that beset us every day, has not been explored sufficiently, only in 2008. U.S. National Research Council recommended testing the cumulative effect of phthalates and OTHER antiandrogens.
DEHP-phthalic PLASTICIZER PVC has IARC( The International As.for Research Cancer) European Commission and WHO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, put on a list of the POTENTIAL CARCINOGENIC, because the tests on the rats PROVEN LIVER CANCER!
I recall, we wake up, Sleeping Beauty dream lasted "only" 78 years long, because phthalates are widely used since 1931. And yet we are capsized by the thorns that we are threatened by extinction ...No kiss can change it!
HISTORY OF AWKENING:
1990's- Canadian study, see above, it is expected that these figures are only enlarged
2004 - Sweden - Denmark study links phthalates with allergic diseases and asthma
2007 - USA study found that phthalates are responsible for weight gain and insulin resistance (type II diabetes)
2008 - U.S. National Research Council recommends testing
2008 - Bulgarian studies showed that children suffering from allergic diseases and asthma, have increased amounts of DEHP in the body
2009 - Journal of Pediatric revealed that exposure to phthalates of the fetus in the womb, reduces birth weight, which is THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH AT CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS IN THE USA, later on leads to cardiovascular disease in adulthood
2010- April-Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that PET packaging causes a disruption of the endocrine system and not only phthalates
2010- May-Swedish study showed that in homes with PVC flooring, and phthalic plasticizers that volatile through out them, are more frequent cases of autism in children who are likely got into the body of the fetus of pregnant mothers
In the PET packaging market there is a problem presence of antimony as well, which is used as a catalyst in the manufacturing of PET packaging because it penetrates the food and drinks.
WHO-World Health Organization, has set up a daily dose tolerance to 1%, while the polls in Britain showed that fruit juices contain 44.7 micrograms / liter of juice antimony which is nearly 10 x higher doses of the EU sets, the limits of 5 micrograms / liter.
Another problem is acetaldehyde, which penetrates the plastic content and spoils the taste ...
Acetaldehyde is known as the cause of intestinal bleeding and cause of stomach ulcer, therefore the buffered aspirine is recommended.
Limits with regard to the harmfulness of phthalates, a set unreasonably, because its aplicable only to the products for children and toys, and thus actually we play their own lives BECAUSE PHTHALATES ARE ALL AROUND US!
EU limits 0.1% by weight of plastics, for toys that are put into the mouth
USA-sanctioned that level
Australia-1% DEHP for all products, prohibition for trade license for those who cross the limit
THE DAILY GREEN-consumer
guides for the green revolution, publications for consumers in the
USA, published a guidance:
HOW TO AVOID phthalates
in 3 steps:
Phthalates are known disruptors of the endocrine system, because they imitates body hormones; in laboratory tests have shown damaging the reproductive organs and nervous system (California has banned phthalates in baby products and toys 2009.). With such an enormous production of phthalates it is difficult to avoid them.
Many manufacturers avoid the label that put their products contain phthalates. But there are exceptions that are really with no phthalates, carry the label "phthalate free".
1 - Read the label content of products: DEP and DBP come in cosmetics, paints, deodorants, perfumes, after shave-a, shampoos, hair gels, lotions for the hands. And BzBP also comes in cosmetics.
DEHP in PVC plastics, and in medicinal products
BzBP was in flooring, car products, and cosmetics industries.
DMP in repellents, plasticizer, the rockets for Space Research-(fine, but also polluting the universe phthalates!)
2 - Be careful with the term "fragrance" because it is a combination of compounds, potentially contain phthalates
3 - Buy and only use plastics with recycling codes 1,2,5. Codes of 3,7 is very likely contain phthalates
Irresponsibility in concerning problem of the devastating effects on phthalates is frightening. They are used to 'paint' pills in the pharmaceutical industry to have a more beautiful glow! But that endanger people's health, children and pregnant women! A pharmaceutical industry is not a branch of economy who has no idea what the phthalates are. They have enough chemists staff employed at the plants!
Phthalates are known disruptors of the endocrine system, because they imitates body hormones; in laboratory tests have shown damaging the reproductive organs and nervous system (California has banned phthalates in baby products and toys 2009.). With such an enormous production of phthalates it is difficult to avoid them.
Many manufacturers avoid the label that put their products contain phthalates. But there are exceptions that are really with no phthalates, carry the label "phthalate free".
1 - Read the label content of products: DEP and DBP come in cosmetics, paints, deodorants, perfumes, after shave-a, shampoos, hair gels, lotions for the hands. And BzBP also comes in cosmetics.
DEHP in PVC plastics, and in medicinal products
BzBP was in flooring, car products, and cosmetics industries.
DMP in repellents, plasticizer, the rockets for Space Research-(fine, but also polluting the universe phthalates!)
2 - Be careful with the term "fragrance" because it is a combination of compounds, potentially contain phthalates
3 - Buy and only use plastics with recycling codes 1,2,5. Codes of 3,7 is very likely contain phthalates
Irresponsibility in concerning problem of the devastating effects on phthalates is frightening. They are used to 'paint' pills in the pharmaceutical industry to have a more beautiful glow! But that endanger people's health, children and pregnant women! A pharmaceutical industry is not a branch of economy who has no idea what the phthalates are. They have enough chemists staff employed at the plants!
HELLO, IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
I am asking myself for a long time one question: if we phased out freon to protect the atmosphere, if we reduce CO2 emissions, relatively innocent and wrongly accused on global warming, to climate protection,
WHEN WE WILL FINALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THE HEALTH OF MANKIND AND ITS
SURVIVAL?!
With over 350,000 tons per year of new phthalates produced, WHEN WE WILL BAN THEIR PRODUCTION OR AT LEAST LIMIT IT?
I do not think that we are not concerned, because Croatia Vinyl Chain closes with Italy in one according to report in Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia, so the largest island of Krk will have a difficult, hard fate ...
And all of us, of course, only that it still not known to us!
I am asking myself for a long time one question: if we phased out freon to protect the atmosphere, if we reduce CO2 emissions, relatively innocent and wrongly accused on global warming, to climate protection,
WHEN WE WILL FINALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THE HEALTH OF MANKIND AND ITS
SURVIVAL?!
With over 350,000 tons per year of new phthalates produced, WHEN WE WILL BAN THEIR PRODUCTION OR AT LEAST LIMIT IT?
I do not think that we are not concerned, because Croatia Vinyl Chain closes with Italy in one according to report in Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia, so the largest island of Krk will have a difficult, hard fate ...
And all of us, of course, only that it still not known to us!
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