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Good to see this study coming out. There's surprisingly little research like this considering how ubiquitous pthalates and plastics are in our food/drink and ph

Good to see this study coming out. There's surprisingly little research like this considering how ubiquitous pthalates and plastics are in our food/drink and physical environments. In the late noughties everyone switched off BPA to other plastics that, as far as I can tell, are just less studied.

DoingIsLearning 5y ago
The average consumer also needs to be aware that the bar for a 'new' substance is actually fairly low depending on the country's regulations. Very often they just have to prove that the substance is not bio-toxic, which roughly translates to "we injected X into the subdermy or blood stream of 20x bunnies and none of them died".
giantg2 5y ago
There are some studies that show the replacements are even more potent. https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/are-bpa-substitutes-any-safer-bpa https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/are-bpa-substitutes-any-s...
Workaccount2 5y ago
BPA is near omnipresent still. Those laser printed receipts that virtually every business hands you when you buy anything, are dusted with BPA to help the print develop.
- sva_ 5y ago
  > Those laser printed receipts that virtually every business hands you when you buy anything, are dusted with BPA to help the print develop. Not in the EU anymore, as of 2nd January of 2020[0]: > As of the 2nd of January 2020, thermal paper (commonly used to make till receipts) with a Bisphenol A (BPA) concentration equal to or higher than 0.02% can no longer be sold in Europe, effectively banning its use. I'm hoping that they're not just switching to BPB/BPF/BPS etc. [0] https://planetark.org/newsroom/archive/4892 https://planetark.org/newsroom/archive/4892
  - esyir 5y ago
    Unfortunately, I'd eager that they're doing exactly that. >BPS in thermal paper The receipts we receive when we buy groceries, prescriptions, gas, clothing, restaurant meals, and much more are generally printed on thermal paper coated with either Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its chemical cousin Bisphenol-S (BPS)
- Tagbert 5y ago
  To be clear on terminology, those receipts are thermal prints. They use a heated print element and paper that turns dark where heated. BTW these should never be placed in with other paper for recycling as the chemicals in the thermal paper will contaminate the rest of the paper.
  - monetus 5y ago
    Thank you for that recycling tidbit; why that isn't listed anywhere in my local recycling program, I'm not sure.

DoingIsLearning 5y ago

The average consumer also needs to be aware that the bar for a 'new' substance is actually fairly low depending on the country's regulations. Very often they just have to prove that the substance is not bio-toxic, which roughly translates to "we injected X into the subdermy or blood stream of 20x bunnies and none of them died".

giantg2 5y ago

There are some studies that show the replacements are even more potent. https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/are-bpa-substitutes-any-safer-bpa https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/are-bpa-substitutes-any-s...

Workaccount2 5y ago

BPA is near omnipresent still. Those laser printed receipts that virtually every business hands you when you buy anything, are dusted with BPA to help the print develop.

sva_ 5y ago
> Those laser printed receipts that virtually every business hands you when you buy anything, are dusted with BPA to help the print develop. Not in the EU anymore, as of 2nd January of 2020[0]: > As of the 2nd of January 2020, thermal paper (commonly used to make till receipts) with a Bisphenol A (BPA) concentration equal to or higher than 0.02% can no longer be sold in Europe, effectively banning its use. I'm hoping that they're not just switching to BPB/BPF/BPS etc. [0] https://planetark.org/newsroom/archive/4892 https://planetark.org/newsroom/archive/4892
- esyir 5y ago
  Unfortunately, I'd eager that they're doing exactly that. >BPS in thermal paper The receipts we receive when we buy groceries, prescriptions, gas, clothing, restaurant meals, and much more are generally printed on thermal paper coated with either Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its chemical cousin Bisphenol-S (BPS)
Tagbert 5y ago
To be clear on terminology, those receipts are thermal prints. They use a heated print element and paper that turns dark where heated. BTW these should never be placed in with other paper for recycling as the chemicals in the thermal paper will contaminate the rest of the paper.
- monetus 5y ago
  Thank you for that recycling tidbit; why that isn't listed anywhere in my local recycling program, I'm not sure.