Tirar o Bisfenol A (BPA) da nossa alimentação (PDF de 2010)

Tirar o Bisfenol A da nossa alimentação devia ser uma preocupação de todos nós (pequeníssimas quantidades estão a associadas a uma série de problemas - ver citação abaixo):

• PDF muito interessante (de 2010) com dicas em como tirar o Bisfenol A da nossa alimentação: http://www.breastcancerfund.org/assets/pdfs/publications/what-labels-dont-tell-us-1.pdf
• Uma medição sistemática da presença de BPA nas latas (dos EUA): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21598963
• Latas sem BPA começam a ser usadas: https://www.niftyhomestead.com/blog/bpa-free-cans/

Citando:

"WHAT LABELS DON’T TELL US - A Report by the Breast Cancer Fund • 2010
Bisphenol A* Facts:

Serving Size: trace amounts found in food and beverage can linings, some plastic baby
and water bottles

Linked to: cancer, reproductive harm, obesity, ADHD, immune system harm

• Studies showing harm: over 200 
• Americans affected: 93%
• % of canned food that tests positive for BPA: 80%
• % of liquid from polycarbonate bottles that tests positive for BPA: 96%
• Safer alternatives already on the market: 11 "

Gene dos ruivos e cancro da pele

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2016/07July/Pages/Secret-ginger-gene-may-increase-skin-cancer-risk-for-millions.aspx


Citando:
"Research suggests that carrying just one copy of a variant of the MC1R gene (having two copies causes red hair) increases skin cancer risk, even for people without red hair.
The variant is called an R allele, people who have two R allele variants tend to have ginger hair, pale skin, freckles and burn easily in the sun. These people are known to be at higher risk of skin cancer; both non-melanoma and melanoma."

Canela e capacidade de aprender

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/07/13/eating-cinnamon-could-improve-your-ability-to-learn--study/


Pormenor da canela chinesa conter mais quantidade de um produto tóxico para o fígado:
""Although both types of cinnamon are metabolized into sodium benzoate, we have seen that Ceylon cinnamon is much more pure than Chinese cinnamon, as the latter contains coumarin, a hepatotoxic (liver damaging) molecule," Pahan said."

RECURSO: Food Watch

What is foodwatch?

foodwatch is an independent, non-profit organisation that exposes food-industry practices that are not in the interests of consumers. foodwatch fights for the right of consumers to know exactly what they are buying and to enjoy good food that is healthy and uncontaminated.

Notícias (sobre recolhas alimentares, etc) em:
http://www.foodwatch.org/en/what-we-do/news/

Exemplo de trabalho realizado (Lost in the supermarket PDF):
http://www.foodwatch.org/uploads/media/foodwatch_2014_Lost_in_the_Supermarket.pdf

Home page:
http://www.foodwatch.org/en/homepage/

Chocolates Kinder recolhidos

Citando:
"A German watchdog, Food Watch, tested the chocolate bars for something called mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) – a byproduct of the oil refining process – and found high levels of it in products from Ferrero, Lindt and Rübezhal, which sells in Aldi.
‘MOAH…can cause cancer and damage the human genome,’
(...)
They also claim that they told the producers concerned about the test results before they published them and called for a public recall – which was refused.
‘The manufacturer is guilty of gross negligence,’ says John Hegg from Food Watch.
‘Instead of clearing the dangerous candy from the shelves and warning consumers, they (haven’t).’
According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), MOAHs are ‘likely’ to be ‘carcinogenic and mutagenic’.
(...)

A statement from Ferrero said that traces of mineral oil ‘exist nearly everywhere in the environment’ and could have been transferred into the food via recycled packaging, printing inks or transportation.
‘At Ferrero, together with all our supply chain partners, we are working on technical solutions to minimise these omnipresent substances as much as possible and to avoid transfer and migration to food’, the statement continued."

Artigo completo : http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/08/kinder-chocolate-bars-are-apparently-really-bad-for-you-and-everything-is-awful-5993990/#ixzz4E3hY4MrK

Microcefalia no Brasil pode estar ligada a outros vírus que não o Zika - Estudo no Brasil

http://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/app/noticia/mundo/2016/07/03/interna_mundo,653264/estudo-que-liga-microcefalia-e-virus-do-gado-preocupa-oms.shtml


"Maior certeza sobre a relação zika, BVDV e microcefalia somente será possível quando não apenas traços, mas o vírus inteiro for encontrado em amostras analisadas. "Além disso, é preciso verificar não apenas a presença do vírus, mas o seu papel no ataque das células do embrião infectado", afirmou um integrante da equipe."

Pesticidas, plásticos e outras substâncias químicas que afectam crianças (desde a gravidez)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/toxic-chemicals-poison-warning-food-plastic-air-study-a7114226.html


Citando:
"(...) pregnant women had been found to be contaminated with dozens of potentially harmful substances such as organophosphate pesticides, PBDE flame retardants and phthalates found in plastic. "
(...)
“When the [US] federal government banned some uses of OP [organo-phosphate] pesticides, manufacturers responded by expanding the use of neonicotinoid and pyrethroid pesticides,” the paper said.
“Evidence is emerging that these widely used classes of pesticides pose a threat to the developing brain.
“When the US government reached a voluntary agreement with flame retardant manufacturers to stop making PBDEs, the manufacturers substituted other halogenated and organophosphate flame retardant chemicals.
“Many of these replacement flame retardants are similar in structure to other neurotoxic chemicals but have not undergone adequate assessment of their effects on developing brains.
“When the federal government banned some phthalates in children’s products, the chemical industry responded by replacing the banned chemicals with structurally similar new phthalates. These replacements are now under investigation for disrupting the endocrine system.”