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Hormone disrupting chemicals in fish too little to affect
By Zhang Xuanchen |
September 1, 2010, Wednesday
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ENVIRONMENT authorities in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, said the amount of three hormone disrupting chemicals found in wild fish in the Yangtze River is within safe range and will not pose danger to people's health.
Nanjing Environment Protection Bureau official Zhang Zhehai said three alleged hormone disrupting chemicals -- nonylphenol, octylphenol and perfluorooctane sulfonate were not included in the state's standards for water quality because the amount of the chemicals in river is little to consider.
Even after the accumulation through biological circulation in food chain, the impact of the three chemicals is still limited on whoever comes at the end of food chain. That means Yangtze River fish is safe to serve as food, today's Yangtse Evening News quoted Zhang as saying.
Regular checks on fish and seafood safety are done by Nanjing agriculture department. The testing items including pesticide remains, heavy metal chemicals and toxic chemicals including chloromycetin.
However, officials suggested residents to buy fish from authorized markets and avoid those dodging the tests.
The official reaction followed a report from the international environmental group Greenpeace warning that catfish and carp in four cities along the Yangtze River contained the hazardous hormone disrupting substances, which can cause breast cancer and sexual prematurity.
The report urged China to regulate, reduce and eliminate the three chemicals, which were believed to be released by tens of thousands of chemical plants along the river.
Nanjing Environment Protection Bureau official Zhang Zhehai said three alleged hormone disrupting chemicals -- nonylphenol, octylphenol and perfluorooctane sulfonate were not included in the state's standards for water quality because the amount of the chemicals in river is little to consider.
Even after the accumulation through biological circulation in food chain, the impact of the three chemicals is still limited on whoever comes at the end of food chain. That means Yangtze River fish is safe to serve as food, today's Yangtse Evening News quoted Zhang as saying.
Regular checks on fish and seafood safety are done by Nanjing agriculture department. The testing items including pesticide remains, heavy metal chemicals and toxic chemicals including chloromycetin.
However, officials suggested residents to buy fish from authorized markets and avoid those dodging the tests.
The official reaction followed a report from the international environmental group Greenpeace warning that catfish and carp in four cities along the Yangtze River contained the hazardous hormone disrupting substances, which can cause breast cancer and sexual prematurity.
The report urged China to regulate, reduce and eliminate the three chemicals, which were believed to be released by tens of thousands of chemical plants along the river.
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