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The guy who found out BPA was an endocrine disruptors was a scientist who was studying breast cancer and kept finding that his breast cancer cells were getting
by narrator 6y ago
The guy who found out BPA was an endocrine disruptors was a scientist who was studying breast cancer and kept finding that his breast cancer cells were getting activated when put in plastic test tubes. He called up the test tube manufacturer and they refused to tell him the material that composed the test tubes. When he did his own investigation this is what led to the BPA / Endocrine link being discovered.
- jey 6y agoThat’s a great story and I want to believe it; do you have a citation to back it up?
- petepete 6y agoSounds like a few of the finer details were mixed up. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/just-how-harmful-are-bisphenol-a-plastics/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/just-how-harmful-... > A maintenance worker had used an abrasive floor cleaner, instead of the usual mild detergent, to wash out cages and water bottles. The acidic solution scarred the hard, polycarbonate surface of the plastic and enabled a single chemical culprit to leach out—bisphenol A (BPA).
- hanniabu 6y agoWhat's special about the surface that doesn't let BPA to leech out? Is it a different composite used on the inner surface or does it have to do with something like how water is strong until the surface tension is broken?
- ISL 6y agoAt a minimum, roughing up the surface of a material will substantially increase its surface area.
- labawi 6y ago> But during the manufacturing process, not all BPA gets locked into chemical bonds Quote from the article. The plastics are polymers - monomers linked into chains, but the linking is random and this would be a plausible explanation.