Can fluorescent brighteners in your life cause cancer?

In fact, it is not necessary to feel terrible because of the word "fluorescence", fluorescence itself is ubiquitous in nature, also exists in the body of various animals, like many Marine organisms, land fireflies, the principle of its luminescence is to contain a variety of fluorescent proteins.Yongjian qian, a Chinese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008, was honored for his work on the fluorescent protein (GFP) of a certain jellyfish.In addition, some foods, drugs, chlorophyll, bacteria and even mold will also produce fluorescence reaction under ultraviolet light, which is called natural fluorescence, which is an inherent property of substances and is harmless.

After more than 50 years of extensive use, it has also proved that fluorescein is safe.So far, there is no case to prove that it can cause cancer. In the animal toxicity test of fluorescent whitening agents, there is no clear evidence that it can cause acute injury or long-term carcinogenicity, and the skin irritation or allergy is quite low. Therefore, at present, fluorescent agents have not been included in mandatory regulations in various regions of the world.In China, there are no mandatory regulations on some products except the regulations on "portable fluorescent substances" (referring to the fluorescent substances added can be transferred to human skin or mucous membrane by washing, biting, sweating or touching).

We can not live without fluorescent whitening agent, almost all white paper contains fluorescent agent.Not only that, our clothes, lipstick, laundry detergent, cosmetics and some other daily necessities also contain this "whitening artifact", the influence of fluorescent agent on people has penetrated into every corner of life.