Liver Detox
At the same event, dr. Laurentius Aswin Pramono, Sp.PD, M.Epid, internal disease specialist in St. Carolus Hospital, Jakarta, declared that all chemicals are basically endocrine disruptors. In other words, they may potentially disrupt the functioning of the endocrine and reproductive systems. However, in order for any of them to disrupt our metabolism and endocrine systems, we need a very large amount at one time.
“In multiple review studies, the accumulated level of our daily use of chemicals does not reach the threshold for endocrine disruption. BPA content in reusable water dispenser container is a mere 0.001% of disruptive threshold. It will take BPA from 10,000 containers all at once for us to reach that amount. Therefore, there is no need for us to be concerned about using that plastic water dispenser container every day,” he said.
In general, any chemical that enters the body will be detoxified, or cleaned, by the liver, and then flushed out of the body with urine. “There are many ways for our body to flush out chemical accumulations. This minuscule amount of BPA is soon detoxified by the liver, so it does not enter the blood stream,” dr. Aswin said. “In other words, the BPA that enters our body every day will not accumulate, and there is minimum chance for it to cause endocrine disruption. Disruptions may potentially occur if the toxic chemical enters the body in a great amount all at once, as a buildup only occurs after decades.”