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“Facts” about BPA

• ronsor 7y ago
  "The Endocrine Society said in 2015 that the results of ongoing laboratory research gave grounds for concern about the potential hazards of endocrine-disrupting chemicals – including BPA – in the environment, and that on the basis of the precautionary principle these substances should continue to be assessed and tightly regulated.[39] A 2016 review of the literature said that the potential harms caused by BPA were a topic of scientific debate and that further investigation was a priority because of the association between BPA exposure and adverse human health effects including reproductive and developmental effects and metabolic disease.[40]" "The European Union and Canada have banned BPA use in baby bottles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
  • slater 7y ago
    "The Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group represents the leading global manufacturers of bisphenol A (BPA) and polycarbonate plastic" A thoroughly unbiased group of people, then! :D
    • ronsor 7y ago
      hey the oil companies said no need to worry about the climate; it's all ok
• bifrost 7y ago
  I just read a paper about this today: https://sci-hub.se/10.1021/acs.est.9b02090 https://sci-hub.se/10.1021/acs.est.9b02090 Apparently the same guy who figured out that Atrazine was feminizing frogs (Cue Alex Jones ranting about making the frogs gay) also figured out that BPA is doing something similar...
  • ronsor 7y ago
    "BPA is a xenoestrogen, exhibiting estrogen-mimicking, hormone-like properties[5] that raise concern about its suitability in some consumer products and food containers."