According to European research, more than 1 million plastic particles enter the stomach on a daily basis in children due to the use of feeders. According to the AFP news agency, a 21-day study has shown that between 1.3 million and 16 million liters of plastic are released from feeder bottles.
Researchers in Ireland, a European country, have examined ten different types of feeder bottles. Millions of plastic particles enter the stomach. According to research published in the journal Nature Food, sterilizing the feeder and placing it in hot water also speeds up the release of plastic particles.
Placing the feeder at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius releases 600,000 plastic particles per liter, while at 95 degrees Celsius, 55 million plastic particles per liter are released. Researchers told AFP that the study was not intended to intimidate parents, but stressed that there should be research into the potential health effects of plastic particles.
The study estimates that in developed countries, especially the United States and Europe, the highest number of plastic particles enter the stomach of children on a daily basis, amounting to 2.3 million in the United States and 2.6 million in Europe.
According to scientists, the risk of plastic particles getting into milk can be reduced by taking some precautions. Researchers have suggested that the feeder bottle should be sterilized with cold water, while baby milk should be prepared in a container other than plastic and poured into the feeder bottle.
