A researcher at the University of Ghana Medical School is warning of dire consequence in the continuous use of plastic materials in food packing.
According to Dominic Gyamfi, plastic materials such as polythene bags, plastic bowls and take way packs contains harmful chemicals which is very dangerous to the health of consumers.
The specialist who uncovered this on Adom FM said the report depends on his optional examination in the course of the most recent three years.
He unveiled that “wrapping polythene with banku is proportional to smoking 136 sticks of cigarette”. Mr. Gyamfi noticed that infections like diabetes, low sperm check, hypertension are on the ascent in light of the fact that “a large portion of the nourishments available are dangerous and harmful”.
“Scientifically, plastics will blur and the synthetic compounds will filter into the food we expend and this can cause blockages in to the veins, prompting cardiovascular infections, for example, hypertension, diabetes and stroke” he pushed.
The synthetic, the specialist included lull the speed at which the blood streams into the heart and cerebrum making the individual presented to a wide range of constant sicknesses.
Dominic Gyamfi kept up that 80 percent of death in Ghana could have been maintained a strategic distance from if individuals are cautious about what they expend. Be that as it may, James Larbi, the Communications Director of the Food and Drugs Authority exposed a large portion of the cases by Mr. Gyamfi
He demanded that the statement had no logical proof however was fairly a result of work area research. Or maybe, Mr. Larbi encouraged Dominic Gyamfi to introduce his examination finding to the FDA to guarantee sanitation in Ghana.
