Shai Hulud
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Recently there was an article on the page of a German website (a state-owned radio station with focus on culture, politics, science, etc.).
Chemists who specialize in detection of chlorinated paraffins ordered 14 Vitamin E products off the internet. In 8 off them he found only traces of chlorinated paraffins, but 6 of them contained 30-200 µg per gram of fat.
All of the 6 had one thing in common: They were made from palm oil.
They suspect the paraffins are used as a lubricant in the (palm) oil presses. In the oil, they would be in small amounts, but while the Vit E gets concentrated, the clorinated paraffins get, too.
Some even contained short-chain CPs, which are (at least in Germany) already banned.
There is also a comparison: Intake of a bottle of the highly contaminated products will mean a higher intake of CPs than a person will consume of PCB in a lifetime (though I don't know how these can be compared...) ;
Thought I'd leave this here as a warning - apparently CPs are hard to detect, so I might just be they are just not tested for.
Chemists who specialize in detection of chlorinated paraffins ordered 14 Vitamin E products off the internet. In 8 off them he found only traces of chlorinated paraffins, but 6 of them contained 30-200 µg per gram of fat.
All of the 6 had one thing in common: They were made from palm oil.
They suspect the paraffins are used as a lubricant in the (palm) oil presses. In the oil, they would be in small amounts, but while the Vit E gets concentrated, the clorinated paraffins get, too.
Some even contained short-chain CPs, which are (at least in Germany) already banned.
There is also a comparison: Intake of a bottle of the highly contaminated products will mean a higher intake of CPs than a person will consume of PCB in a lifetime (though I don't know how these can be compared...) ;
Thought I'd leave this here as a warning - apparently CPs are hard to detect, so I might just be they are just not tested for.