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What is Bisphenol A and why is it bad for you?
Can someone tell me more about Bisphenol A? I read a few things but I guess they are all over my head since they use a bunch of chemical names and stuff.
It just mostly talks about how if you use plastic baby bottles you will have agressive crazy kids.
Can someone tell me how worried I should be? Are there other things that it is in? Do I throw all the plastic cups away?
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic resins, epoxy resins, and other products.
It is used to make plastic hard & usable, to put it simply. It is in almost everything from baby bottles, to DVDs, food & drink cans etc. The only alternative for you to use would be glass.
I did some reading and You're right, its hard to find anything giving a good answer. Most of the sites I would consider legit, say it isn't harmful to humans. Both sides of the argument say there are scientific studies supporting their opinions.
Since it has been used for 50 years, I personally am going to assume that if it was a huge problem, it would have been dealt with by now. Its been around my entire life.
If you want to switch to glass products for everything, you certainly can. I just don't put much stock in special interest groups opinions.
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