Federal Russian media have rushed to announce another initiative prohibitive Russian chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko. In the Ukrainian sweets found benzopyrene. «This is a sign of serious problems related to the safety of this product,» — said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko. Candy is manufactured by «Roshan» — one of the largest confectioners in the Ukraine. Also quality problems identified in Kiev and Kremenchug candy factories. CPS has introduced a ban on the supply of these products in Russia. How dangerous benzopyrene? Benzopyrene is the most common chemical carcinogen environment, it is dangerous to humans even at low concentrations, as has the property of bioaccumulation. Being chemically relatively stable, it can migrate from one long objects other. As a result, many of the objects and processes environment, do not possess the ability to synthesize benzopyrene, it becomes secondary sources. Benzopyrene also has a mutagenic effect. An international team of experts carried the benzopyrene to the number of agents for which there is limited evidence of a carcinogenic effect on humans and credible evidence of carcinogenicity in animals. In experimental studies, benzo (a) pyrene has been tested on nine species of animals, including monkeys. In the body benzopyrene can enter through the skin, respiratory system, digestive system and transplacental route. In all these methods could cause exposure malignant tumors in animals.