“Bisphenol A started to get a really bad reputation,” says Washington State University reproductive biologist Patricia Hunt. “And as state legislatures started to ask for bans on BPA in baby products and sippy cups, the industry started to roll out replacement bisphenols.”Many BPA-Free Plastics Are Toxic. Some Are Worse Than BPA | Discover Magazine
In recent years, this surge in fresh plastics has brought consumers some small manner of comfort. The BPA-free sticker makes us feel better about the water bottles we drink from and the toys we give our children.
But Hunt is here to burst the BPA-free bubble. There are now at least 50 BPA-free alternatives, with names like bisphenol S and bisphenol F. So little is known about their use that even scientists can’t really say how many are in circulation. What researchers do know is that these chemicals are structural analogs of BPA. And their similarities don’t stop at their chemical structure — they also disrupt how cells function in many of the same ways and cause similar toxic effects on the human body.
“It’s like a never-ending shell game,” Hunt says. “There are more replacements than we can test rapidly.”
Yeah plastics are a toxin no matter what form. There is no sugar coating it with BPA Free to make it better. It's fake chemical shit that your body doesn't need.
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