Ke hopohopo nei hoʻi ʻoe e pili ana i nā ʻōmole palakiko a me nā pahu meaʻai? E kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i ka BPA! (Bisphenol A)

Mai inu i ka wai mai nā ʻōmole palakiko, mai ʻai i ka meaʻai i loko o ka pahu, mai hoʻokomo i ka meaʻai wela i loko o nā pahu ʻaina palakiko... Ua lohe paha ʻoe i ka nui o kēia mau moʻolelo, ʻeā? I ka manawa pinepine, ʻo ke ʻano huna ma hope o kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻo a pau he kemika i kapa ʻia ʻo BPA, a i ʻole Bisphenol A. Pono anei kākou e makaʻu i kēia? A i ʻole? Nui nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ia mea. No laila, e ʻike pono kākou i ke ʻano o ia mea i kēia lā.

He aha maoli ka BPA (Bisphenol A)?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he kemika ka BPA i hoʻohana ʻia i nā hale hana. Ua puni ia mai ka makahiki 1950. ʻIke anei ʻoe i ke kumu o ia mea? Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia e hana i nā plastics polycarbonate a me nā resins epoxy. ʻO kēia nā mea e hana ai i ka hapa nui o nā huahana plastic a mākou e hoʻohana ai, ʻoiai nā mea ikaika a moakaka .

E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ia mea, ʻo nā mea e like me nā ʻōmole wai āu e hoʻohana ai, nā ipu mālama meaʻai plastik, a me nā uhi o kekahi mau meaʻai a me nā mea inu i loko o ka pahu he BPA paha.

I kekahi manawa i hala aku nei, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka BPA i nā huahana he nui. Eia nō naʻe, i ka wā i kūkākūkā ʻia ai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i kona mau pilikia olakino, ua noi nā hui e like me ka FDA (Food and Drug Administration) ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻoiai ka FDA, i nā ʻoihana e hana ana i nā ʻōmole pēpē, nā kīʻaha sippy, a me nā kini waiū pēpē e hoʻōki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka BPA. No laila, he nui nā huahana pēpē ma ka mākeke i kēia manawa ʻaʻohe BPA , ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe BPA. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻōki manawaleʻa nā ʻoihana he nui e hana ana i nā ʻōmole wai a me nā ipu meaʻai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka BPA. No laila, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā huahana i loaʻa ka BPA i loko o ko mākou mau home i kēia manawa ma mua o kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo BPA kahi mea i pāpā loa ʻia.

He aha nā wahi e loaʻa ai ka BPA?

ʻO ka BPA, kahi kemika i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻoikaika i nā palakiko no nā makahiki he 40 a ʻoi, e loaʻa paha ma nā wahi he nui a puni mākou. Ua hōʻike nā noiʻi he ʻoi aku ma mua o 90% o mākou i loaʻa i nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka BPA i loko o ko mākou kino. Hiki iā ia ke komo i loko o ko mākou kino ʻaʻole wale ma o nā mea a mākou e hoʻohana ai, akā ma o ka ea, ka lepo, a me ka wai.

ʻO nā mea maʻamau e loaʻa paha ka BPA:

• ʻO kekahi mau ʻōmole wai plastik
• ʻO ka uhi o loko o nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu i loko o ka pahu
• Nā ipu mālama meaʻai i hana ʻia me ka palaki
• Kekahi mau mea lapaʻau
• Nā mea hoʻopaʻa niho
• Nā CD (nā pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi)

Pehea e komo ai kēia mau mea i loko o ko kākou kino?

ʻO ke ala nui e komo ai ka BPA i loko o ko kākou kino ma o ka meaʻai a me nā mea inu a kākou e ʻai ai. Hiki ke loaʻa ka BPA i loko o nā mea e like me ka meaʻai i loko o ka pahu, ka wai ʻōmole palakiko, a me nā pahu ʻaina awakea polycarbonate, a hiki ke komo i loko o ka meaʻai a mea inu paha i loko.

ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka mahana . Ke waiho ʻoe i kahi mea wela i loko o kahi pahu plastik, no ka laʻana, ke waiho ʻoe i ka laiki āu e lawe mai ai i ke keʻena i loko o kahi pahu ʻaina plastik ʻoiai e wela ana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka manawa e heheʻe ai kēia kemika a komo i loko o ka meaʻai. Hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia ka BPA i ka pēpē ma o ka waiū umauma.

He mea ʻino maoli anei ka BPA no ko kākou olakino?

Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hopohopo e pili ana i kēia ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana o nā haʻawina holoholona ua pili ka ʻike ʻana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka BPA i nā maʻi e like me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hānau keiki, ka maʻi diabetes, ka momona, ka maʻi puʻuwai, a me ke koko kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻike pū kekahi mau haʻawina i loko o ke kanaka i kahi pilina ma waena o ka BPA a me kekahi mau maʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia pololei ʻia ʻo BPA ke kumu o kēlā mau maʻi. I kēia manawa, aia nā haʻawina e kūʻē i kēia mau hopena.

Eia nō naʻe, aia nō ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i nā hopena hiki o ka BPA ma ke kino. E nānā kākou i kēlā mau pilikia.

ʻO wai ka mea i pilikia nui?

Hōʻike nā haʻawina he nui he nui ka poʻe i maʻalahi i nā pēpē a me nā keiki liʻiliʻi i nā hopena o ka BPA, no ka mea, ke ulu nei ko lākou kino a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau i nā mea ʻino ma mua o nā pākeke.

He aha kā mākou e hana ai e pale aku iā mākou iho mai ka BPA?

Ke hoʻomau nei nā noiʻi ʻana i kēia. I kēia manawa, aia kekahi mau hana maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pale aku ai mai ka BPA. Ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau mea, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kou olakino a me ko kou ʻohana me ka makaʻu ʻole.

• E hōʻemi i kou hoʻohana ʻana i ka palakiko i ka hiki. ʻAʻole paha e hiki ke hoʻopau loa i ka palakiko. Akā e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ipu palakiko, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā meaʻai ʻaila (sambal, margarine, mayonnaise) a me nā meaʻai wela.
• E hoʻohana i nā ipu aniani, porcelain, a i ʻole ke kila kila. He kūpono loa kēia mau mea no ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai a no nā meaʻai wela a mea inu paha.
• Mai hoʻomehana i nā ipu plastik. Mai hoʻomehana i loko o ka microwave a i ʻole e hoʻokomo i nā pahu ʻaina plastik i loko o ka mea holoi kīʻaha. Hiki i ka wela ke wāwahi i ka plastik i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa a hoʻokuʻu i ka BPA.
• E koho i nā huahana BPA-free. I kēia manawa, ua hōʻike nui ʻia nā huaʻōlelo "BPA-Free" i nā ʻōmole pēpē he nui, nā kīʻaha, a me nā huahana ʻē aʻe.
• E hōʻemi i kāu ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai i loko o ka pahu. Loaʻa paha i nā pahu he nui ka BPA i loko o ko lākou ʻili o loko.
• E nānā i ke code hana hou ma ka plastik. Inā he huinakolu ma lalo o kahi pahu plastik me ka helu 3 a i ʻole 7 i loko, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka BPA i loko.
• E akahele i ke koho ʻana i ka waiū waiū pēpē. Hoʻohana ka nui o nā lama i kēia manawa i nā kini BPA-free. Inā he kānalua kekahi e loaʻa ana ka BPA i loko o ka kini, ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe loea he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke koho ʻana i ka waiū pauka ma mua o ka waiū wai, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā wai e omo i ka BPA.

Inā he mau nīnau hou aku kāu e pili ana i kēia, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iā mākou.Mai makaʻu e kamaʻilio me ke kauka. E hāʻawi ʻo ia iā ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pololei loa.