The European Union, Canada, and recently the United States have banned BPA use in baby bottles
In the early 1930s the British chemist Charles Edward Dodds recognized BPA as an artificial estrogen.[37][38][39] Dodds eventually developed diethylstilbestrol (DES) which was used as a synthetic estrogen drug in women and animals until it was banned due to its risk of causing cancer; the ban on use of DES humans came in 1971 and in animals, in 1979.[37] BPA was never used as a drug.[37] BPA’s ability to mimic the effects of natural estrogen derive from the similarity of phenol groups on both BPA and estradiol, which enable this synthetic molecule to trigger estrogenic pathways in the body.[34]
BPA is used to make certain plastics and epoxy resins; it has been in commercial use since 1957. BPA-based plastic is clear and tough, and is used to make a variety of common consumer goods (such as baby and water bottles, sports equipment, and CDs and DVDs) and for industrial purposes, like lining water pipes. Epoxy resins containing BPA are used as coatings on the inside of many food and beverage cans. It is also used in making thermal paper such as that used in sales receipts.
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seems we are surrounded in our daily activities and come in contact with BPA covered products!
anyone concerned?