Liu Boren, a nutrition and medical expert in Taiwan (China), recently shared this case, said a man in his 30s without smoking or drinking alcohol on days in his days in his daysWeek but still have kidney cancer.Why is he sick?A test was conducted and suddenly discovered that the concentration of polyfluoroalkyl compound (PFAS) in his body exceeded the permitted limit.

The man is said to regularly buy food to bring in the disposable food containers, and use both cups, chopsticks, spoons ... Use once and waterproof paper cups.

What is PFAS harm to the human body?Liu Boren quoted a previously published study in the Journal of the Taiwan Cancer Institute (China).The team analyzed 324 cases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) from serum "testing prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancer" (PLCO) (PLCO).The disease and control appropriately to estimate the relationship between PFAS concentration and RCC risk, focusing on the concentration of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and 7 other PFAS.

According to the research results, PFOA has a correlation with the risk of RCC;Just doubling the serum PFOA levels will increase the risk of RCC to 71%.It is noteworthy that the people in the group with the highest PFOA concentration are at risk of RCC 2.63 times higher than those in the lowest group, even after adjusting other PFAS concentrations and excluding those who are suffering fromImproving kidney function and cases that were diagnosed more than 8 years ago, the results were still consistent.

Liu Boren shows that this study strengthens evidence that PFOA is a kidney cancer and is important to public health for those who often expose this difficulty chemical.

He explained that PFAS is a group of highly durable chemicals.In the United States, these compounds can be detected in the serum of more than 98% of the population;And previous studies on the exposure groups have shown that long -term or high -level exposure.PFOA may increase the risk of kidney cancer.However, it is unclear whether another PFOA or PFAS is at risk of RCC in the concentration seen in the general population.

Regarding the use of PFAS, Liu Boren also stated in the "Healthy Cloud" program that its application scope is quite wide, in addition to the familiar clean pans, it is also found in raincoats, anti -grave clothes.Foul, disposable paper cup and paper barrel ... He especially reminded that although PFAS works to flat the surface of the object, reducing friction, waterproof, too much use can increase the riskPoisoning muscles, especially if the non -stick pan has scratches, PFAS can leak out at high temperatures, thus increasing the risk of human swallowing.Currently, many countries in the EU have enacted the Law on restricting the use of PFAS.

PFAS affects health and can cause cancer

PFAS is called "eternal chemicals" because most PFAs are difficult to decompose in the natural environment, making PFAS continue to accumulate in the environment and organisms.At the same time, most PFAS has a waterproof and anti -oil -proof properties.Therefore, they can move in water and penetrate into living organisms, interfere with hormones and other physiological functions, causing serious consequences for water, soil, food and threatening serious pollution.important to humans.

Moreover, PFAS is not low toxicity, easy to accumulate in the body and sufficient to affect health, cause physiological dysfunction, even cancer.In the aforementioned survey, 8 packaging materials collected in Taiwan (China) were tested and detected PFAS in 7 samples, showing that PFAS food packaging materials containing PFAS were widely usedSpread and cause serious threat to human health.

Epidemiologists, Dr. He Meixiang (Taiwan, China), pointed out that PFAS has appeared since the 1940s and was widely used in industry as well as different consumer products.

To prevent the risk of accidentally eating PFAS, he reminded people if using a non -stick pan for cooking, you should pay attention to choose a teflon -free pot, without PFAS.If there is clear scratch, do not use anymore.He also offered to reduce the use of disposable food sets, especially the best paper straws.

In addition, to detoxify the body, he also advises people to drink water every day: Adults drink about 1.5-1.7 liters of water per day (sweating will help the body detox);Exercise every day;Eat lots of fruits and vegetables to prevent cancer such as breast cancer, endometrial cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.

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