Za these chemicals affect our bodies in a cellular level, so most of us will know the impact for a long time.
Negative impacts that could happen is that it can cause cancer, genetic disorders, birth defects at birth, and others.
There
is no way to avoid 100% of the chemicals it in our daily lives, we need
to do is to minimize its use so as not exceed the recommended
threshold. Because in addition to widely available in the market, these materials are also relatively very cheap price.
Here are examples of materials that are toxic that we often encounter in everyday life:
1. Saccharin (Saccharin)
Saccharin is a white crystalline powder, odorless and very sweet, about 550 times sweeter than regular sugar. Therefore it is very popular used as a sugar substitute.
Rats
that were fed saccharin 5% for more than 2 years, indicating mucosal
cancer of the bladder (the dose is roughly equivalent to 175 grams a
day saccharin adult lifetime).
Although
these results are still controversial, but most of the epidemiologists
and researchers argue, saccharin does increase the degree of incidence
of bladder cancer in humans is approximately 60% higher in users,
particularly in men.
Food and Drug Administation (FDA) recommends to restrict the use of saccharin is only for people with diabetes and obesity. The dose is not to exceed 1 gram per day. '
2. Cyclamate (cyclamate)
Cyclamate
is a white crystalline powder, odorless, and is roughly 30 times more
than the sugar cane mains (with cyclamate levels of approximately
0.17%). When the level of the solution is increased up to 0.5%, then it will feel bitter and bitter.
Cyclamate
with high levels of 200 mg per ml in medium and monolayer cell cultures
of human leukocytes (in vitro) can lead to chromosome cells are broken.
But the experimental animals were given long-term sikiamat not show double growth.
In
the UK the use of cyclamate for food and beverages are prohibited, as
well as in several European countries and the United States.
3. Nitrosamines
Sodium nitrite is a crystalline substance that is not colored or slightly yellow cast. He can form as a powder, grains or chunks and odorless. Salt
is very popular, in part to maintain the original color of the meat as
well as providing a distinctive aroma like sausage, cheese, corned
beef, jerky, ham, and others.
For
cheese making is recommended that sodium nitrite did not exceed 50 ppm,
while for meat preservative and its flavor varies between 150-500 ppm.
Sodium nitrite is a precursor of nitrosamines, and nitrosammes been proven carcinogenic in many animal experiments. Therefore, the use of sodium nitrite should be careful and should not exceed 500 ppm.
Baby food is totally forbidden to contain sodium nitrite.
4. Substance Synthetic Dyes
From
the observations in these markets synthetic dyes found 5 of the most
popular in Indonesia are red, yellow, orange, green and brown.
Two of the five dyes, namely red and yellow are Metanil Rhodamine-B and yellow. Both dyes are categorized as industrial dyes for coloring paper, textile, paint, leather and so on. and not for food and beverages. The results showed that administration of both dye to rats and mice resulted in lymphoma.
In addition, borax, is also a favorite dyes are often used by food manufacturers.
5. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) or MSG is a food flavoring and is very popular among housewives, rice stalls and restaurants. Almost
every type of food ranging from snacks today for kids like chiki and
the like, meatball noodles, Chinese cuisine to traditional meals
vegetable acids, and even some cooking lodeh field stamped or MSG MSG.
In
hewaan experiment, MSG can cause nekrosi degeneration and neuronal
cells, degeneration and necrosis of nerve cells lining the retina,
causing cell mutation, resulting in colon and liver cancer, kidney
cancer, brain cancer and damage the fatty tissue.
Hazards in the Future
From
the few examples of a toxic chemical that is used daily as additives in
food and used extensively in the community, the danger in the long run
can already be anticipated. To prevent this, the government must have the courage to start preventive measures now and not waiting if there are casualties.
Another
thing that needs to be reminded, how to use MSG or MSG as it is very
widespread and redundant at this point deserves special attention,
because MSG highly mutagenic and carcinogenic, specifically the liver,
colon, kidney, brain and others.
