fowl, domestic chicken breeding, domestic chicken coop, non-marketed eggs
Grave mix of aerial pollutant toxic has spread all over the Pariser Region, that has intoxicated hens → their eggs .
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« The local ARS recommends not consuming eggs from domestic chicken coops
AFP [ Agence France Presse ] published on 04/20/2023 at 09:02 : A 2-min read .
The regional health agency ( @ARS : @Agence Régionale de Santé ) of Île-de-France [ = Pariser Region = 8 départements around Paris ] recommended Wednesday not to consume eggs and “animal products of uncontrolled domestic production” throughout the region, because of a “contamination” with “persistent organic pollutants”.
“The regular consumption of food contaminated with dioxins and PCBs leads to a gradual impregnation of the body which can have long-term health effects,” said the ARS in a press release.
The agency carried out a regional study of the “contents of persistent organic pollutants” in the eggs of 25 domestic poultry houses in the Ile-de-France region, after an “alert on the concentration of dioxins in non-marketed eggs” from poultry houses located near the incinerator of waste from Ivry-sur-Seine .
Fourteen of the chicken coops analyzed are located near the three main incinerators in the Paris region ( Ivry-sur-Seine, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Saint-Ouen ), specifies the ARS . The results of this study “show contamination of all the samples by the three families of persistent organic pollutants analyzed ( dioxins, furans, and PCBs )”, indicates the press release . This means that these pollutants are present “in the entire urban environment, and not specifically around incinerators” , warns the ARS.
The agency points out that of the 25 henhouses analyzed, “two have particularly high levels” of PCBs in eggs, exceeding by 40 to 50 times “the European regulatory thresholds for marketed eggs” . These two sites are located more than 3 km from an incinerator, adds the ARS .
Among the health risks associated with the consumption of these products, the ARS identifies : -an “increased” risk of cancer, -“fertility and -pregnancy disorders” , as well as -diabetes and -“endocrine disrupting effects”. .
“There is no treatment to eliminate these substances from the body,” they warn, adding that the “main preventive measure” is to avoid “the consumption of the most contaminated food products”. » .
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For a biochemical analysis of your eggs, please, from Monday, call the ARS : Phone : +33 1 73 75 48 01 , https://www.iledefrance.ars.sante.fr / or ask a veterinarian or a doctor or a pharmacist to recommend a biochemical analysis laboratory !