The Food Contamination By Bisphenol A Is Unknown, But The Nutrition / Health Impact Of This Chemical

Bisphenol A (BPA) has been commercially used since 1957, and has been employed to make certain plastics and epoxy resins. Bisphenol A has been made into a variety of common consumer goods, such as water bottles, CDs and DVDs. While in epoxy resins that contain Bisphenol A are used to line water pipes, coatings on the inside of beverage cans, and in thermal paper such as sales receipts. A research conducted by the Environmental Health Perspective has said that from the years 1992-1999 Bisphenol A has rose in human urine. In which has been resulted by the Environmental Health Perspective that the cause of rise of Bisphenol A in human consummation is the use of consumer goods such as the lining of beverage drinks, and certain water bottles (Environmental Health Perspective study WEB 2). Also with the rise of littering in the world such products are being thrown into lakes, ponds, and the oceans which is resulting in contamination. Which is greatly affecting the marine life, environment, and human life. So ultimately this experiment is being conducted to display the harmful physical effects of Bisphenol A on marine life, and if it can be later translated

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.

This is because the chemical has one of the most common environmental chemical exposures to humans. Abbreviated “BPA”, bisphenol A exposure, has been linked with several mechanisms that are involved in the development of cardiovascular disease, this comprises of weight gain, insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, endothelial dysfunction, and oxidative stress (NHANES 11).Public health places emphasis that the health of populations should be considered by reducing the quantity of bottled water they consume. Data should be collected for the purposes of policy decision making and deciding the best ways the consumption of bottled water should be curtailed Considering that an endocrine-disrupting chemical, BPA has been shown to have estrogenic and thyroid hormone that disrupts the effects of experimental studies. This owes to the fact that there are significant relations between childhood obesity and the type of water such children who get infected by the disease consume. The venture hence becomes a serious concern because people, specifically Americans, have been unknowingly poisoning themselves and their children with the prior mentioned chemical. This has been championed by the use of BPA contained in bottled water. Notably, only reduces human consumption of this harmful chemical which is found 93% of the American adult

In his article, “Why the FDA Hasn’t Banned Potentially Toxic BPA (Yet),” Bryan Walsh seeks to explain the reasons why the FDA hasn’t banned a possibly dangerous chemical from consumers products. Biomonitoring makes looking for microscopic-level doses of chemicals in the body possible. One of them, Bisphenol-A, or BPA for short, is used to harden polycarbonate plastics and manufacture epoxy resin, which are found in everyday products. BPA poses a threat to human health since it disturbs the endocrine systems in our body; which can lead to cancer, heart disease, and other life-threatening diseases. However, the FDA refuses to ban the chemical due to studies having a lack of research done on actual humans, but the NRDC argues that it is hard for

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)

Liborion notes that some plastics like PVC become flexible when creators add chemical additive monomers like BPA, making it versatile (Liborion 9). However, monomers are often hazardous to living things. The monomers like BPA are endocrine disruptors, correlating with brain development and fertility problems (12). The monomers give the plastic versatility but also give it agency to cause health problems. The plastic’s intrinsic properties also harm the environment as it affects marine life. The plastic’s hydrophobic properties also give it agency. Since hydrophobic substances attract each other, the plastic attracts dangerous, hydrophobic pesticides like DDt and HCH as it “moves across parking lots, down sewage systems, through harbors, and into open water” (14). Consequently, the marine and wildlife near/in the ocean consumes the substances, increasing chemicals in the ecosystem. This unintentional situation of biomagnification demonstrates its dangerous, inherent agency to harm the environment. The technology of plastic exhibits agency independent of its creator by affecting the natural environment with toxins from its hydrophobic property and additive monomer. However, the technology and consumer also display this complex

Everyone one at some point in their life has drank from a plastic bottle, whether it was a baby bottle, a plastic disposable water bottle, or just a water bottle you have used for exercise. If you were to show someone one of these thing they would know what it is, but what they might not know is that it can be harmful to them. A while back a lot water bottles used to be made with something called BPA, which has been proven to have many side effects on people when it get absorbed into from the plastic to your water. In this paper I will be informing you on BPA, what it is on how it gets into your water, what side effects it can have on you, and are water bottle safe for you now.

This model was made using plastic that could’ve made its way to the ocean, adding to the millions of pieces that are already there. Every year, Americans throw 185 pounds of plastic in the trash. Just in Los Angeles, every day, about ten metric tons of plastic are dumped into the Pacific Ocean. Only ten percent of trash isn’t plastic, and the remaining ninety percent of plastic that’s on the surface of the water is 46,000 pieces per square mile. Sadly, America is the most wasteful country in the world and half of what we buy, we only use once and dispose the rest of it in the trash. The chemicals that are used in plastic can also be absorbed by the body. Most people that are six or older that were tested to have Bisphenol A (BPA) were positive

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.

"In fetal mouse prostate you can stimulate receptors with estradiol at about two tenths of a part per trillion, and with BPA at a thousand times higher," vom Saal says. "That's still 10 times lower than what a six-year-old has." Mice with the same amount of BPA measured in urine the later developed cancer and other health issues. There's also evidence from the journal of reproductive doxology that found that “humans must be exposed to levels of BPA at least 10 times what EPA has deemed safe because of the amount of chemical detected in tissues and blood samples.” In 1997 Japan began to use other natural resin instead of BPA after their scientists show the leaching of BPA into baby bottles. They did point out though that some of these same studies have shown that other foods we eat containing estrogen like chemicals including some soy products have shown similar effects.(biello,2008) One of the reasons for our quick excretion of BPA is our body turns it into glucuronide, and it is excreted through feces and not urine, which is why the amount of BPA in urine indicates far higher exposure than the actual amount in the urine. Also most is excreted within 6 hours and almost most all by 24 hours.(Carwhile, 2010) There is also studies that indicate that BPA in women can act like estrogen in the body which increases the risk of breast cancer and cancer cell growth. (biello,2008) It's also been linked through animal studies to cardiovascular disease and diabetes, early onset of sexual maturity, problems with development of tissue organization of the mammary gland, reproductive tract lesions, increase prostate size, and decrease sperm production in offspring.(Carwhile, 2010) Even short periods of exposure can cause infertility in female

Plastic bottle waste effects on animals Have you ever even thought twice before throwing your plastic bottle, which to you, looks like nothing more than 6 inches of a water container. Just a piece of plastic that is taking up a little room in your house, or vehicle. A piece of plastic that could do YOU no harm, right? Well that may, or may not be the case, and it may not hurt you. Although think about the effects that it may have on the already depleting sea life. Well if you haven’t had the audacity to look up the affects yourself , I’ll do it for you. So first off let me hit you with a shocking, but true, nonetheless. Nearly 100,000 sea mammals are killed per year just due to plastic. Now let that sink in, that's, JUST mammals. Just imagine

BPA exposure of humans is basically through food and beverage. This is because epoxy resin used in producing containers where food and beverage are packed contains BPA. In addition, air, dust, water are other sources of exposure. Furthermore, manual contact with thermal paper receipts received at the end of shopping is another source for BPA exposure. BPA acts as a colour developer in thermal papers.

Because these products have direct contact with food that people ingest, there has been studies to see if BPA could seep into the food and cause harmful effects to people. There has been concern of possible health effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate glands of fetuses, infants, and children. (Bisphenol A) BPA has been found to be harmful to humans with large quantity exposure. But, if you only use minimal amounts of BPA, there is no known dangers. Also BPA has been tested for safety for over 40 years. Newborn babies and young children have a higher risk of exposure to BPA due to having it in most baby products. BPA can be found in some cans of infant formula, baby bottles, sippy cups, and oddly enough breast milk. Although, many places such as Canada, Sweden, and the U.S have banned infant and children products that may include BPA, people are still worried about BPA because it is so widely spread around the world. In 2008, a study was published that estimated more than 90% of Americans 6 years and older had detectable BPA in their urine. (Bisphenol A) The children tested are still healthy today, but they do have BPA inside their bodies and so do most humans. Many scientific studies have shown that residual amounts of BPA can be released especially if the product is heated. That has presented