Master Kang Mineral Water and other nine brands plastic bottles are referred to contain carcinogens heavy metal antimony

Plastics are ubiquitous in our lives, and rumors about the harmful plastics are never interrupted. Sohu Health to the common 12 brands of beverages and condiments of the plastic bottle body was tested, found that the use of pet material bottles are containing carcinogenic heavy metal antimony, including well-known brand products, such as Coca-Cola, Master Kang Mineral water, Niulanshan Erguotou, Fu, such as the oil and so on. The reporter visited the island City market found that the products involved in the supermarket did not stand, the public is difficult to lift doubts. Reporter Lide Ban intern Li Naiyan released nine brands of plastic bottles containing heavy metals reporter learned that the test is Sohu Health Channel Joint National Authority for testing, mainly for the common 12 brands of beverages and condiments plastic bottle body. The test results were surprising, the tester found that the use of pet materials are made of bottles containing carcinogenic heavy metal antimony, pet is currently the most used packaging materials. However, in this test, antimony was detected in 9 plastic bottles of pet material. Among them, wide licensing longmen rice vinegar bottle body material residue up to 226, followed by Nestle Coffee and Niulanshan Erguotou. The minimum residue is master Kang mineral water, while white jade soya-bean milk, yili flavor fermented milk and wahaha milk doll Nutrition yogurt drink did not detect problems. He Mengchang, a professor of environmental studies at Beijing Normal University, points out that antimony is often used as a catalyst in the manufacture of pet to promote polycondensation, so it may be retained in pet-made bottles. China Environmental Protection Federation of Environmental Standards Research Professional Committee director, Beijing Institute of Clothing Materials, associate Professor 龚龑 that in all kinds of plastic materials, the residue of antimony in pet, and mainly for catalytic synthesis of catalysts, high content of the process is not good, no removal of antimony technology and calls on businesses to actively reduce the use of antimony oxide as a catalyst, using titanium catalysts to synthesize pet. Visit the products of the island City have sales reporters yesterday visited the island city of several supermarkets found that the 9 major brands are still in the sale. In the major supermarkets, Master Kang Mineral Water and Coca-Cola is placed in a more prominent position, on the condiment shelves, Lee Kam Kee old Smoking is also engaged in promotional activities. Supermarket officials told reporters that they saw the relevant reports from the Internet, but at present did not receive a notice of the supermarket shelves. At a supermarket in Hong Kong middle of the drinking water area, staff are busy replenishment, including the best-selling Coca-Cola. Staff said that Coca-Cola in the beverage brand sales well, Master Kang Mineral Water is also a best-selling brand of supermarkets, the drug involved is very unexpected, "we do not understand how the matter, has not received the notice of manufacturers and companies, the sales situation is not too big impact." However, the reporter found that the news has spread among consumers, many people choose to give up the purchase involved brand. Come to buy raw seasoning, Ms. Du told reporters, just from the phone to learn the news, let her temporarily lost the idea. News extension "in antimony" brand is said to be temporarily inconvenient to respond to yesterday, reporters on this matter to call Master Kang and Coca-Cola Company. Master Kang staff told reporters that the company has learned the relevant letter online, the matter is currently being verified and no definitive conclusion has been reached yet. Coca-Cola China company Responsible Person said that the company has always adhered to the concept of quality first, the choice of plastic bottles have been rigorous testing, should not be a problem, as for online news companies are verifying that the situation will be unified external release. Although businesses are wary of drug-related matters, tensions can still be felt. "Now the food problem is very sensitive, whether it is true or false, fear of sales impact." Taidong, a shopping mall, told reporters that the company is now waiting for notice. Health Reminders plastic parts beverages and hot water accelerated precipitation antimony the reporter learned that antimony and its compounds by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union as a priority pollutant, it is also the Japanese agency closely concerned about pollutants. Antimony is listed as hazardous waste in the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of hazardous wastes. The limit value of antimony is defined as 5g/l[1 in China's surface water environmental quality standard and sanitary standard of living drinking water. Antimony is affected by the temperature and the nature of the beverage, and will slowly transfer to the drink in the bottle. Experts recommend that high temperature, acidic (alkaline) beverages, long-term storage, these are the promotion of antimony from packaging to drink transfer of favorable factors. Antimony is easier to precipitate if it is made up of acidic substances. To avoid the "antimony" harm, as little as possible to drink pet packaging acidic (alkaline) beverages, while paying attention to select from the production date near the storage conditions of good products. Note that, do not repeatedly use pet bottles, it is best not to install hot water, buy back the pet package after the drink also don't long-term storage, should drink as soon as possible. Source: Qingdao Evening News