Plastic bag "kresek" dangerous

Plastic packaging based polietilen (PE) and polipropilen (PP) used for most food secure as compared to the type of the other plastic packaging. Head of Food and Drugs Supervisors (BPOM) Husniah Rubiana Thamrin Akib said, "Of all types of plastic food packaging, PE and PP most widely used and most secure," said Rubiana in Jakarta on Tuesday, [14 / 7]. He explains, made of PE plastic monomer etilen are from PP plastic monomer propilen. Nature of both materials are very similar.
While other plastic packaging such as plastic packaging 'kresek' colorful and plastic packaging based polivinil klorida (PVC), he said, in some cases tend to be less safe for mewadahi food.
He explains, kresek plastic packaging, especially the black, is made through the recycling process with the addition of certain chemicals, the use of history is not clear, and less assured hygiene. While PVC is made from the monomer vinil klorida.
"Monomer vinil klorida that can not react to quit in the food, especially the oily / fatty or alcoholic," he said.
The making of PVC plastic, he said, sometimes using a form of reciprocal penstabil (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and white tin (Sn) to prevent damage and ptalat ester compound and ester adipat to deflect.
Additional materials that, in certain circumstances can be released when PVC plastic packaging used for food mewadahi so dangerous to the health risk.
"Pb is toxic to the kidney, Cd toxic for kidneys and trigger cancer, ptalat ester compound can disrupt the system endokrin," said Rubiana.
Director of Product Line of Control and hazardous BPOM Hutapea said Roland, a test of the 11 samples of PVC plastic packaging and found one of them does not meet the requirements because residues timbalnya exceeds threshold.
"One type of close tart transparent plastic layer has a cylindrical-shaped black circle with the diameter of 28 centimeters womb timbalnya 8.69 parts per million, should be a maximum of one part per million," said Roland.
Therefore, the public should observe the label on the back of the plastic packaging to ensure the security of plastic packaging used.
Packaging polietilen tereftalat based plastic (PET) labeled number 01 in the Triangle, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) labeled number 02 in the triangle, labeled PVC number 03 in the Triangle.
Then, Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) labeled number 04 in the triangle, PP labeled number 05 in the triangle and labeled polistiren number 06 in the Triangle.