JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, Vol 25, No 1 (2018)

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ESTIMATION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS (EDCS) LEACHING FROM BABY FEEDING BOTTLES AVAILABLE IN LOCAL MARKETS OF PAKISTAN

Farhat Yasmeen, Javeed Ashraf Awan, Humayun Ajaz, Arjumand Iqbal Durrani, Iqra Ghauri

Abstract


Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are the exogenous substances that mimic the natural hormones and at certain doses, can interfere with the endocrine in mammals. These disruptors cause obesity, early puberty in diabetes, hormone-sensitive cancers in females, prostate cancer in males, thyroid dysfunctions, and also cause problems in neuro development and neuro endocrine systems [1].  One of the common endocrine disrupting chemicals is Bisphenol A, that is potentially released form plastic made from polycarbonate. It increases the risk of obesity [2], type 2 diabetes, hyper tension [3], breast cancer, coronary heart disease [4] etc. In Pakistan, various brands of feeding bottles used are made from polycarbonate; hence raise many concerns about various health issues due to migration of BPA from feeding bottles to infants. No study has so far taken on estimation of these estrogen active compounds leaching from baby bottles in Pakistan. Present study was launched, to quantify migration levels of BPA from feeding bottles from registered companies of Pakistan. First step, contains the extraction of BPA and phthalates from the feeders and the second step, involves the analysis and quantification. High levels of BPA were found leaching from different baby feeding bottles.


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Faculty of Engineering and Technology

University of the Punjab

Lahore-54590-Pakistan