Study: BPA Alternatives May Be Harmful
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Bisphenol-A—BPA—is a controversial chemical that you can find in things such as polycarbonate plastics, water bottles, food containers, and other things you might find on the shelves of your local store. Many products have since removed the chemical, becoming "BPA-free"—but a new study suggests that the chemicals used to replace BPA may not offer additional health benefits. The study—in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives—looked at Bisphenol S and F (BPS and BPF), two BPA replacement chemicals. They found that the compounds may act like BPA—possibly contributing quite similar hormone disruption qualities—including in human reproduction, metabolism, and neurological function. There's still much more research to be done on the BPA alternatives—even though they exhibit these tendencies, they may not yet qualify as "dangerous." Still, researchers suggest remembering that, even though a label declares a product as BPA-free, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't have other potentially harmful chemicals. Thoughts?
Bisphenol-A—BPA—is a controversial chemical that you can find in things such as polycarbonate plastics, water bottles, food containers, and other things you might find on the shelves of your local store. Many products have since removed the chemical, becoming BPA-free—but a new study suggests that the chemicals used to replace BPA may not offer additional health benefits. The study—in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives—looked at Bisphenol S and F (BPS and BPF), two BPA replacement chemicals. They found that the compounds may act like BPA—possibly contributing quite similar hormone disruption qualities—including in human reproduction, metabolism, and neurological function. There's still much more research to be done on the BPA alternatives—even though they exhibit these tendencies, they may not yet qualify as dangerous. Still, researchers suggest remembering that, even though a label declares a product as BPA-free, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't have other potentially harmful chemicals. Thoughts?
Bisphenol-A—BPA—is a controversial chemical that you can find in things such as polycarbonate plastics, water bottles, food containers, and other things you might find on the shelves of your local store. Many products have since removed the chemical, becoming BPA-free—but a new study suggests that the chemicals used to replace BPA may not offer additional health benefits. The study—in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives—looked at Bisphenol S and F (BPS and BPF), two BPA replacement chemicals. They found that the compounds may act like BPA—possibly contributing quite similar hormone disruption qualities—including in human reproduction, metabolism, and neurological function. There's still much more research to be done on the BPA alternatives—even though they exhibit these tendencies, they may not yet qualify as dangerous. Still, researchers suggest remembering that, even though a label declares a product as BPA-free, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't have other potentially harmful chemicals. Thoughts?
Study: BPA alternative may be worse than the harmful chemical it replaced
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