BPA (Bisphenol A) http://www.care2.com/causes/how-safe-are-bpa-free-plastics.html is a difficult chemical to escape -- it's in so many plastic products from water bottles and sippy cups to contact lenses and toys. Controversial studies linking BPA to health risks, particularly reproductive risks, prompted companies to go the "BPA-free" route. But new research from the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Sciences says not so fast: BPS (Bisphenol S), a replacement for BPA that technically makes products BPA-free, is probably not safe either. "BPS is Not Harmless" Using studies on zebrafish, UCLA researchers found that BPS "speeds up embryonic development and disrupts the reproductive system'" reports Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160201103543.htm …show more content…
BPS is not harmless." The researchers suspect that overstimulated neurons could lead to early puberty and interrupt the natural reproductive system. While this study focused on zebrafish, it could speak to larger issues. Could the rise in BPA and BPA-free products explain the "rise in premature human births and early onset of puberty over the past couple of decades," in the United States? Health Day http://consumer.healthday.com/encyclopedia/pregnancy-33/pregnancy-news-543/premature-births-on-the-rise-643869.html reports that over 500,000 American babies (or 1 in 8) are born prematurely and the rate of premature births has increased 36 percent since the 1980s. Puberty is also beginning much earlier for girls and boys, some as young as six. …show more content…
and Europe manufactured approximately 5 million tons of products with BPA in 2015, says Science Daily. That's why researchers like Wayne recommend swapping plastic with glass as much as possible. But, hey, realistically we already know that plastic products aren't harmless: We're headed towards having more plastic, by weight, than fishes in our oceans by 2050. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/01/24/oceans-more-plastic-than-fish/79267192/ Not to mention, the effects that chemicals like BPA have on our wildlife and environment are largely unknown; a 2012 study suggests, "Due to its environmental ubiquity, organisms may be exposed to BPA chronically or during sensitive life stages," says Science Direct. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479712001405 Glass and these other good
Arguments in favor of BPA’s continued commercial use center on the assertion that each exposure is so minimal that the lifetime risk to human health is not serious enough to call for a ban on a chemical with a variety of commercial applications. While the argument appears to focus on degree of exposure rather than on a debate about whether or not chemicals do, in fact, have the potential to leach, vulnerabilities in certain individuals make the specific “safe” exposure level difficult to identify definitively.
It is nearly impossible to comprehend that products and items that we as a society use everyday can create such a catastrophe with our bodies that cancer, autism, and even the reproductive system is affected by these monsters. Even though there are thousands of chemicals that can harm our society, BPA is looked at as one of the ugliest monsters out there today.
avoid plastic as a whole will do us all a great deal of good. If we don't, we will surely
My mother always told me that BPA was a bad substance. She was a nurse who worked in the medical field for forty years, and was always scrutinizing medicines, vaccines, and chemicals. Every school year when I picked out a plastic water bottle, she had to check it to make sure it was BPA-free. Like with anti-depressants, my mother was afraid it would mess with my hormones, especially since I was just a developing girl.
Bisphenol A or better known as BPA is a synthetic compound that is used to make several different items. BPA was founded in the 1890’s by a Russian chemist. It was initially tested in the 1930’s as a substitute for estrogen, but upon testing found it less effective than estradiol. In 1953 polycarbonate resin was invented. This was a strong plastic material which was initially used for wiring, fuse boxes, distributors and glazing. During that same period it was found useful in making plastic bottles and lining of metal cans. It wasn’t approved by the FDA until the 1960’s for food packaging. It is also used in recycled paper used to print out receipts from stores (Caliendo, 2012)
Bottle manufacturers should stop using plastic in general. Plastic bottles, especially PET plastic bottles, have a nasty tendency to off gas, thus releasing dangerous chemicals into the users drink. These chemicals rage from antimony to phthalates, as well as other endocrine disrupters and synthetic estrogens. This leaching of harmful chemicals is the cause of the plastic bottles popularity decline. Nonetheless, there are many other styles of drink bottle to choose from, ranging from glass to stainless
Research into the effects of BPA is ongoing, but many individual countries have restricted its use, particularly in packaging of foods and beverages intended for consumption by young children.
Once you open your eyes to it, it’s everywhere, from the Tupperware you eat out, the cans that your food is packaged in, to the helmets you put on your head and the laptop that you’re using. BPA has been used as a plastic hardener for the past 40 years now and is now deeply engrained in our products of modern consumer society. Although it’s children and unborn babies that are the most affected by this toxic chemical, adults are not exempt form
More than 90% of us have BPA in our bodies right now. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a harmful chemical used to manufacture most plastics and cans. It is also found in most water bottles and baby formulas. Although many people use processed goods daily, they have very harmful chemicals in them such as BPA. BPA can lead to many major health issues such as problems in the central nervous system, cardiovascular disease, and even cancer.
There are scientific concerns about the exposure of BPA has risen in the last few years. THere are a few cities and states in the United States who have banned BPA since they found it in baby bottles. LIttle is known wheather or not BPA really effects peoples babies. THere has been scientific studies on wrine leavles to find out if BPA has an effect on humans.
The topic of this paper revolves around the controversy of a chemical called bisphenol A or BPA. Do plastic food contact materials containing BPA pose any hazard to human health? The controversy has been around for many years but was sparked by new research in the last few years. Today, with new developments in biomedical technology, scientists are able to examine BPA in a whole new level and far more in-depth than they were decades ago. The availability of access to information technology is also another factor that raises concerns and makes us become more aware of the risks this chemical poses.
BPA is a synthetic organic compound which is also known as Bisphenol A and can be found in many items that we use everyday (Withcott & Laposata, 2012). Some of items that the compound can be found in consists of the lining of metal food cans, drink cans and the pipes that supply our water. Also, it is used in plastic water bottles, baby bottles, food containers, our food utensils and electronics. This same compound can move into our food, air and body just by using these products. Research has found that it is detected in an individual's urine and that we are exposed to BPA continuously.
In the U.S, 1,500 bottles of water are consumed every second. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used to make plastic hard and translucent. BPA is an “endocrine disruptor” which has showed to be hazardous to human health. There is an ardent correlation between BPA and certain types of cancers. As well as neurological difficulties, reduced fertility, early puberty in girls, and defects in newborn babies. The chemical enters the body through exposure to plastics, such as bottled drinks and disinfecting products. Bottled drinks also contain Phthalates, a chemical used to make plastics more flexible. It’s also an endocrine disrupting chemical that causes a variety of defects in the human body. Bottled drinks have also fundamentally disrupted the lifestyles of animals as well. Currently, plastic water tops are not recyclable. They usually end up at the bottom of the ocean, then later consumed by sea animals, mistaking it for food. Plastics bottles additionally require an excessive amount of fossil fuels in order to make a
We should stop using plastic water bottles in schools because they are very difficult to recycle. With plastic, it takes over one thousand years for the decomposition process to even begin! Plastic also releases toxins into the ground when it decomposes such as phthalates which can hurt the native soil making the soil around the area tremendously substandard to other natural soils. One environmental group also discovered that 75% of all large named brands that
First of all, the supporters of green peace argue that the one of many causes of environment damage is cause by plastics garbage. Plastics is a light strong material that is produce by chemical processes and be formed into shapes when heated. (Oxford Dictionary, 2010). Plastics itself is the part of inorganic waste. Inorganic waste means that made from material which harmful for the environment; it takes a hundreds of year to be decomposed or it can’t be decomposed. Nowadays, plastic become the dominant factor of the environmental damage because many industries use it for the production requisite. The industries especially food and beverage, they always use plastics almost in every product to package. Based on the data from project aware, around 1950 until 2009, the production and use of the plastics has risen from 1.5 million tons to 230 million tons. It