The toxic plasticizer found to be illegally added is phthalate (DEHP). It is understood that DEHP is found to contain not only sports drinks, but also fruit juice, jam, concentrated fructose, fruit powder, probiotic products, etc., covering dozens of products.
For the human body, the role of "phthalate esters" is similar to artificial hormones, which will damage male reproductive ability and promote female precocious puberty. Eating plasticizers will have reproductive toxicity to the human body, which will increase the risk of female breast cancer and even endometrial cancer. Long-term large intake will lead to liver cancer. The daily dose of adults is 1.2mg. Compared with melamine, plasticizer may cause cancer as long as it is one tenth. Because children and adolescents are in the development period of endocrine system and reproductive system, the potential harm of phthalate esters to them will be even greater, which may not only cause serious harm to endocrine system and reproductive system, but even induce vitiligo.
It is generally believed that the following reasons are easy to induce vitiligo: industrial pollution, agricultural pollution, household decoration pollution, snacks and drinks, autoimmune system disorder, trace element deficiency, genetic factors, trauma and so on. Because the environmental pollution and food pollution have become increasingly serious in recent years, coupled with the unreasonable diet structure of children, it has become an important incentive for the rapid rise of the incidence of vitiligo.
The harm that plasticizer brings to us is immeasurable. Vitiligo patients should not be greedy for petty gains when buying food, but should carefully select qualified products, and at the same time, they should take precautions in their lives and maintain a good attitude.