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Pharmacists will also examine paracetamol

The professional association of pharmacists will also conduct research into carcinogenic substances in paracetamol. Aris Prins, the chairman of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Pharmacy (KNMP) says that against NRC.

The newspaper revealed recently together with TV program Zembla that the paracetamol pills of Anqiu Lu’an Pharmaceutical contain the substance 4-chloroanillin (PCA for short). It is carcinogenic at certain concentrations.

The Dutch Healthcare and Youth Inspectorate initially saw no need to start an investigation, but Minister Van Ark (Public Health) decided that this should still be done. Now the pharmacists, apart from that, have also decided to examine the paracetamol.

Manufacturer raw material secret

“With that curiosity, I say: we are going to research the paracetamol in our own laboratory. I can get ten boxes that can be sold at the supermarket, drugstore and pharmacy”, Prins tells NRC. He suspects that there is in any case little risk with occasional use of the painkiller, but with chronic use that could be different.

Prins says that paracetamol can only be contaminated if it is made with chlorobenzene, not if it is made via phenol. The latter method is more expensive, and pharmacists cannot know whether chlorobenzene or phenol has been used because the raw material manufacturer is a secret. Prins advocates to be open about this, also to make it clear that resources often come from China or India.

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