How harmful is fluorescent agent to human body

Fluorescent agent is a chemical raw material that has the effect of whitening. It is often used as a white dye and is a relatively complex organic compound. Its characteristic is that it can absorb radio light and then produce fluorescence. This substance is quite harmful to the human body and can easily cause damage to the blood system, especially for children. It can easily cause poor growth and development and cause adverse irritation and effects on the skin.

Hazards of fluorescent agents :

Unlike general chemical ingredients, fluorescent agents are not easily decomposed. Instead, they accumulate in the human body, producing many harmful effects and greatly reducing human immunity. Fluorescent agents combine with proteins outside the wound, hindering wound healing. Fluorescent agents can cause human cells to tend to mutate, and their toxicity accumulates in the liver or other important organs, becoming a potential carcinogenic factor.

Causes damage to the blood system: Chemical substances can easily pollute human blood. Although blood has a certain self-purification ability and trace amounts of harmful substances entering it will be diluted, decomposed, adsorbed and excreted, long-term and large amounts of toxic substances pouring into it will inevitably cause qualitative changes; entering the blood circulation will damage the cell membrane of red blood cells and cause hemolysis.

In daily life, there are many opportunities to come into contact with fluorescent agents. As long as it does not exceed a certain standard, it will bring many benefits to our lives. Excessive contact with it can cause harm to the human body. For example, the laundry detergent or liquid we often use for washing clothes.

Fluorescent agents can remain on clothes for a long time, keeping them bright and white, and are not easy to wash off. There are about 100-120 tiny pores per square centimeter of human skin. The fluorescent agent in the detergent migrates to the clothes during the washing process, especially the underwear. Then, with contact such as sweat and friction, it is easily absorbed by the skin and enters the blood circulation.

The state stipulates that fluorescent agents cannot be added to the packaging of food machines, such as instant noodle buckets, paper containers, etc., to prevent fluorescent agents from entering the body with food. The regulations in Hong Kong and Taiwan also hold the same attitude of "you can add fluorescent agents but you are not allowed to use them on me", and the addition of fluorescent agents is absolutely prohibited for "products that come into close contact with the skin".

Fluorescent agent is around

A friend of mine taught me that fluorescence is actually very common in our daily lives. Many small animals can glow, and even the human body itself contains fluorescent substances. So do foods, such as soy sauce, Pu'er tea, white wine, black tea, and coffee, which are fermented and can all produce fluorescence.