CHEC’s HealtheHouse is The Resource For Environmental Health Risks Affecting Your Children. They’ve put together a brief summary of why Bisphenol-A, or BPA, should be avoided and in just these few words explain why we at BPAFreeKids.com are doing what we’re doing.
Bisphenol-A is the building block of polycarbonate plastic, a hard plastic used to make numerous consumer products, including most baby bottles and 5-gallon water bottles. Bisphenol-A is also used in epoxy resins, in the plastic lining of some food cans, in some dental sealants, and as an additive in other consumer products.
The chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is ranked as Orange for Warning. We recommend that you avoid exposure.
They go on to say:
Immediate Health Effects
If SWALLOWED, bisphenol-A (BPA) is Very Highly Toxic.
If ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN, bisphenol-A (BPA) is Very Highly Toxic.
If INHALED (SNIFFED OR BREATHED IN), bisphenol-A (BPA) is Highly Toxic.Longterm or Delayed Health Effects
This chemical It is considered a Unclassifiable Carcinogen by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or another agency.
Suspected Endocrine Disruptor = May interfere with, mimic or block hormones
And then:
Other
Damage to male reproductive organs in test animals: Male laboratory animals exposed to low levels of bisphenol-A in the womb had enlarged prostate weight as adults, shrunken epididymides (sperm-carrying ducts), and reduced sperm counts.
Early puberty and 20% increase in body weight in female laboratory mice exposed to bisphenol-A in the womb, and increased body weight in mice of both genders exposed as embryos. In mice, exposure to low levels of bisphenol-A has also induced aneuploidy, an error in cell division that causes miscarriages and birth defects, including Down Syndrome, in humans.
For more information, please visit HealtheHouse or CHEC’s homepage.
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