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What is Bisphenol-A, and what are the issues surrounding BPA

AVENT is aware of the recent media reports focusing on Bisphenol A (BPA) and polycarbonate. We would like to help our customers better understand why many companies, including AVENT, use these materials to manufacture baby bottles.
Polycarbonates are used in thousands of consumer products such as reusable food containers, lifesaving medical devices and sport safety equipment. Manufacturers of such products, including baby bottles use polycarbonate because it prevents cracking, shattering and other hazards that can lead to injuries. The key concern for parents is whether BPA can get into their child’s food through leaching from polycarbonate bottles.

Various governing bodies have found as follows:
In November 2005 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reconfirmed the safety of the use of polycarbonate for food contact including baby feeding bottles stating that “based on all the evidence available at this time, the FDA sees no reason to change its long-held position that current uses with food are safe.”
Extensive reviews by the U.S. National Toxicology Program and independent scientists under the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis have determined that BPA used in consumer products does not pose a risk to human health.
International regulatory agencies responsible for consumer protection, including the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the UK Food Standards Agency, the German Federal Institute of Risk Assessment, and the Japanese Ministry of Health have all studied the use of BPA and concluded that it can be used in the manufacture of baby bottles.

All plastics used in AVENT products are FDA-approved and recognized as “safe for food contact application.” AVENT Bottles are also independently tested in accordance with and comply with the latest European Standard for Drinking Equipment for Children-EN14350: 2004 which looks specifically at the acceptable daily intake of BPA for children. By looking to these acknowledged authorities, AVENT will continue to deliver the best products to customers.

AVENT is committed to meeting or exceeding the standards set by the FDA and all other acknowledged authorities around the world. Our bottles have been and will continue to be used by millions of healthy babies in over 70 countries worldwide.

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PULAU PINANG 17 Feb. – Amaran! Penggunaan bedak talkum boleh mengundang maut atau pelbagai penyakit termasuk kanser ovari.

Ini kerana bahan utama bedak talkum mengandungi magnesium silicate hydroxide atau dikenali sebagai talc yang juga ramuan utama dalam bedak bayi, bedak berubat dan bedak wangi untuk tubuh termasuk yang berjenama terkenal.
Bahaya di sebalik penggunaan bedak talkum mengandungi talc iaitu bahan beracun yang zarahnya menyebabkan tumor dalam ovari dan paru-paru itu didedahkan Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) hari ini.

Sehubungan itu, CAP menggesa Kementerian Kesihatan supaya meletakkan tanda amaran ke atas produk mengandungi talc dan menghentikan pemasaran bedak bayi mengandungi bahan itu.
Presidennya, S.M. Mohamed Idris berkata, beberapa kajian menemui zarah-zarah talc dalam tumor ovari wanita dan penghidap didapati kerap menyapu bedak talkum pada alat sulit mereka berbanding wanita sihat.
Menurutnya, zarah talc boleh sampai ke sistem pembiakan dan terbenam dalam lapisan ovari.

Tambahnya, penemuan terbaru mendedahkan, wanita yang memakai bedak talkum 40 peratus lebih berisiko menghidap kanser ovari.
“Satu kajian dari Sekolah Perubatan Harvard di Boston membuktikan pemakaian talkum walaupun seminggu sekali menambahkan risiko kanser ovari 36 peratus dan 41 peratus kepada mereka yang memakainya setiap hari.

“Kanser ovari diketahui boleh membawa maut. Ia menyerang secara senyap berikutan berkembang secara perlahan-lahan dan apabila dikesan ia sudah sampai peringkat akhir,” katanya pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.
Mengulas lanjut, katanya, penggunaa talkum dipercayai boleh menyerang paru-paru dan sistem pernafasan kerana talc gred industri mengandungi silika dan asbestos.
Tambahnya, debu putih halus daripada talc boleh berterbangan dibawa udara dan ia pula boleh disedut bayi atau sesiapa saja yang menghidunya.
Jelas beliau, bayi yang menghidu bahan tersebut terdedah kepada masalah laluan udara membengkak lalu menyebabkan pneumonia.
“Pengguna dinasihatkan memakai bedak diperbuat daripada tepung jagung atau tepung beras.
“Ibu-ibu pula digalak guna minyak sapu, bukannya bedak talkum bagi mengatasi masalah ruam kulit bayi,” ujarnya.
utusan : 18 februari 2009

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