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| In 2004, the United States produced approximately 2.3 Billion pounds of bisphenol A, most of which was used in polycarbonate plastics and resins. Worldwide annual production is about 7 billion pounds. |
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| BPA was one of 62,000 chemicals "grandfathered" in under the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the first U.S. law to regulate industrial chemicals. |
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| BPA "one of the largest food contact items in existence." Frederick vom Saal, a professor of biology at University of Missouri, Columbia www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-bpa-websep17,0,3143856.story |
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| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found BPA in 95% of all people tested. | |
| Bisphenol-A was used as a synthetic estrogen in the 1930s, but after a stronger estrogen was discovered, BPA was sent over to the plastics industry where they started employing it in the manufacture of shatter-proof plastics.* |
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| Video at www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=1519713792 poses BPA's medical consequences. | |
| What you can do.... Write to: Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov/Investigations/Bisphenol.shtml Contact- is on left. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the use of BPA. |
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www.fda.gov/ohrms |
FDA's Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A for use in food contact applications. See questioning of this report below... |
www.ehponline.org |
"Why public health agencies cannot depend upon 'Good Laboratory Practices' as a criterion for selecting data: The case of bisphenol-A" Environmental Health Perspectives. A study by 36 bisphenol A researchers questions the procedures used in the above FDA study. |
www.ewg.org |
Environmental Working Group Questions the FDA Verdict on BPA. 'FDA’s Flawed Assessment of Bisphenol A Safety Underscores the Need for State and Federal Legislation' |
jama.ama-assn.org |
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) "Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration With Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in Adults" Conclusion: Higher BPA exposure, reflected in higher urinary concentrations of BPA, may be associated with avoidable morbidity in the community dwelling adult population, i.e., increased risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, abnormal concentrations of liver enzymes. *** |
cerhr.niehs.nih.gov |
"DRAFT National Toxicology Program Brief on Bisphenol A" April 2008. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health. PDF. |
cerhr.niehs.nih.gov |
National Institutes of Health. National Toxicology Program. "Final Report on Bisphenol A" September 3, 2008. "we have concluded that the possibility that BPA may affect human development cannot be dismissed.” PDF. |
www.enviroblog.org |
Bisphenol A. Your BPA questions, answered. Enviroblog is a project of Environmental Working Group Action Fund. |
www.ewg.org |
Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Timeline of BPA.*** |
healthnews.uc.edu |
"Hot Liquids Release Potentially Harmful Chemicals in Polycarbonate Plastic Bottles" BPA. University of Cincinnati, News Release. |
healthnews.uc.edu |
"Chemical Used in Food Containers Disrupts Brain Development" BPA. University of Cincinnati, News Release. |
www.ec.gc.ca |
Environment Canada's "Draft Screening Assessment for The Challenge Phenol, 4,4' -(1-methylethylidene)bis- (Bisphenol A)" |
assets.panda.org |
"Bisphenol A: A Known Endocrine Disruptor" A World Wildlife Fund European Toxics Programme Report. PDF. |
www.lifescript.com |
Life Script Article "Are Plastic Bottles Bad for You? You May Be Swilling More than Water" By Edward C. Geehr, M.D. Sept 21, 2008. |
zrecs.blogspot.com |
Z Report on BPA in Children's Feeding Products. A third edition directory of products, company profiles, and a rerank of companies based on their current plans and shifting policies regarding products that come into regular contact with children's mouths. Feb 2008. |
www.sciam.com |
Scientific American "Just How Harmful Are Bisphenol-A Plastics?" Patricia Hunt, who helped to bring the issue to light a decade ago, is still trying to sort it all out. Aug 2008. *** |
*www.ourstolenfuture.org |
The book Our Stolen Future brought world-wide attention to scientific discoveries about endocrine disruption and the fact that common contaminants can interfere with the natural signals controlling development of the fetus. This website tracks the most recent developments. Links to many reports on BPA. |
www.fastcompany.com |
"The Real Story Behind Bisphenol A" Fast Company Magazine. Jan 23, 2009. "How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA..." |
media.jsonline.com |
"Bisphenol A Data in NHANES Suggest Longer Than Expected Half-Life, Substantial Non-Food Exposure, or Both" 28 January 2009. PDF. |
www.ehponline.org |
"Predicting Plasma Concentrations of Bisphenol A in Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age after Typical Feeding Schedules, using a Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic Model" showed a 5-fold greater steady-state BPA plasma concentration in 3- and 6-month-olds compared with adults." Environmental Health Perspectives, April 2009. |
dev.www.jsonline.com |
Estimates of how much BPA a child could ingest from food products in a day, based on Journal Sentinel's lab results.*** |
www.jsonline.com |
"BPA leaches from 'safe' products" Tests find chemical after normal heating of 'microwave safe' plastics. Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report Nov. 2008. The Journal Sentinel's testing found BPA leaching from containers with recycling numbers Nos. 1, 2 and 5 as well as 7. "There is no such thing as safe microwaveable plastic," See their Series of articles on BPA. *** |
1 www.eastman.com |
"copolyester" is manufactured by the Eastman company under the trade name Tritan- and the ingredients are keep secret. |
www.hsph.harvard.edu |
"BPA, Chemical Used to Make Plastics, Found to Leach from Polycarbonate Drinking Bottles Into Humans" Exposure to BPA May Have Harmful Health Effects Harvard School of Public Health, May 21, 2009. |
www.newsweek.com |
Newsweek "When Studies Collide: Rethinking the evidence on BPA" By Sharon Begley, Jun 20, 2009. |
www.consumerreports.org |
Consumer Reports "Concern over canned foods" Our tests find a wide range of Bisphenol A in soups, juice, and more. Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods they tested contain some BPA. A 165-pound adult eating one serving of canned green beans from their sample, which averaged 123.5 ppb, could ingest about 0.2 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight per day, about 80 times higher than our experts' recommended daily upper limit. Nov 2009. |
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"No Silver Lining" An Investigation into Bisphenol A in Canned Foods. Eating common canned foods is exposing consumers to levels of bisphenol A (BPA) equal to levels shown to cause health problems in laboratory animals, according to a new study released today by The National Work Group for Safe Markets, a coalition of public health and environmental health groups. The study, No Silver Lining, tested food from 50 cans from 19 US states and one Canadian province for BPA contamination. Over 90% of the cans tested had detectable levels of BPA, some at higher levels than have been detected in previous studies." May 2010. "One can of DelMonte green beans had the highest levels of BPA ever found in canned food, at 1,140 parts per billion." |
www.greencentury.com |
Green Century Fund's "Seeking Safer Packaging 2010" Ranking packaged food companies on their BPA initiatives. Sept 2010. |
niehs.nih.gov |
Relationship between Urinary Phthalate, Bisphenol A Concentrations and the Thyroid. Study shows exposure to phthalates or bisphenol a (BPA) may impact thyroid signaling. Environmental Health Perspectives June 2011. |
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