The substance in food containers that causes cancer

There are substances that promote the development of cancer, and today we're telling you about one that's found in several easily accessible products.

Bisphenol A (BPA), present in food containers, toys, water pipes, textiles, cosmetics and even baby bottles, could cause, among other health problems, breast cancer. , warned Mariana Segovia Mendoza, a researcher at the Department of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

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He explained that BPA is a toxic substance of medical interest because it is defined as an endocrine disruptor .

These toxic substances mimic the function of hormones and induce the proliferation of cancer cells, causing them to lose control. , to the point of not sensing cell-by-cell signals. "Then the contaminant makes them more irregular in every way, promoting constant inflammation, not only in the cancer cell, but also recruiting other cells from the immune system," the professor added.

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He suggested that comorbidities such as obesity or diabetes sometimes predispose or can enhance the effects of developing breast cancer .

He indicated that The small amounts of bisphenols released from plastic containers when heating food generate the expression of certain genes that activate the proliferation of cancer cells. .

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"(...) If I heat some food in this appliance [microwave oven] in Styrofoam or plastic containers, the intensity of the heat generates changes in the pH, which induces the release of contaminants from the plastic matrix and mixes them with the food, and in this way we ingest them," he noted.

Bisphenols, such as BPA, enter the body through ingestion, inhalation, or contact, especially through water bottles . If exposed to ultraviolet radiation, the additives are released from the containers and absorbed through our fat deposits.

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