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> but I haven't seen any definitive proof of it being a problem in our bodies. Plastic can be toxic...see BPA a building block for certain plastics. BPA is a

> but I haven't seen any definitive proof of it being a problem in our bodies. Plastic can be toxic...see BPA a building block for certain plastics. BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, and numerous studies have found that laboratory animals exposed to low levels of it have elevated rates of diabetes, mammary and prostate cancers, decreased sperm count, reproductive problems, early puberty, obesity, and neurological problems.

rb808 7y ago
> BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, and numerous studies have found that laboratory animals... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that BPA is safe at the very low levels that occur in some foods. This assessment is based on review of hundreds of studies... https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/bpa/faq-20058331 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...
- forgotmypwd123 7y ago
  Sorry, but the FDA isn't really trustworthy to the rest of the world anymore...
  - aaronax 7y ago
    Whose claims DO you believe about BPA, and what are those claims?
DiabloD3 7y ago
BPA is, indeed, a building block for plastics. The media loves to misquote it as a plasticizer, but its not, it's one of the ingredients that produces the plastic. The BPA found in plastics that use it (not all do, or can) is actually unreacted BPA, BPA that did not polymerize into plastic. BPA is a xenoestrogen, not the only one to be found in plastic manufacturing, not the worst one (many BPA alternatives have higher estrogenic activity), and is also not the only type of chemical to look out for; phthalates, for example, fuck with testosterone metabolism, and are often found in plastics, too. So, yeah, there is definitive proof of it being a problem, and studies have been published in depth for quite some time. You kinda missed the boat on this by about a decade.

rb808 7y ago

> BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, and numerous studies have found that laboratory animals... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that BPA is safe at the very low levels that occur in some foods. This assessment is based on review of hundreds of studies... https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/bpa/faq-20058331 https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...

forgotmypwd123 7y ago
Sorry, but the FDA isn't really trustworthy to the rest of the world anymore...
- aaronax 7y ago
  Whose claims DO you believe about BPA, and what are those claims?

DiabloD3 7y ago

BPA is, indeed, a building block for plastics. The media loves to misquote it as a plasticizer, but its not, it's one of the ingredients that produces the plastic. The BPA found in plastics that use it (not all do, or can) is actually unreacted BPA, BPA that did not polymerize into plastic. BPA is a xenoestrogen, not the only one to be found in plastic manufacturing, not the worst one (many BPA alternatives have higher estrogenic activity), and is also not the only type of chemical to look out for; phthalates, for example, fuck with testosterone metabolism, and are often found in plastics, too. So, yeah, there is definitive proof of it being a problem, and studies have been published in depth for quite some time. You kinda missed the boat on this by about a decade.