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Most British Teenagers Have Been Exposed to BPA

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:22PM   
from the stop-eating-the-packaging dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

86 per cent of teenagers have traces of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used to make plastics, in their body, an Engaged Research public engagement project in collaboration with the University of Exeter has found.

Measurable levels of BPA, an endocrine-disrupting chemical, were found in the urine of the vast majority of the 94 17-19 year olds tested, according to research at the University of Exeter led by Professor Lorna Harries, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics, and Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology.

They called for better labelling of packaging to enable consumers to choose BPA-free products.

The citizen-science project was carried out in a real-world setting to provide young people with first-hand experience of all aspects of scientific research.

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-02-exposure-bisphenol-hard-everyday-life.html

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Original Submission

• Re:BPA-free plastics might actually be worse (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @06:28PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @06:28PM (#634004)

  They replace it with BPS

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_S#Use [wikipedia.org]

  and from the same page,

  In a study of human urine, BPS was found in 81% of the samples tested. This percentage is comparable to BPA which was found in 95% of urine samples

  In addition to glass, you can use use stainless steel. But steel coated with plastic (in cans) is a few cents cheaper hence they don't use stainless steel in cans. You know, money before health.

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