| DHS Home > Office for Prevention of Developmental Disabilities > Lead and Environmental Health Links > BPA - Bisphenol A - possible effects during fetal development or on newborns BPA - Bisphenol A - possible effects during fetal development or on newborns Bisphenol A, better known as BPA, is emerging as a possible toxin – especially during fetal development or for newborns, as studies over the past several years are connecting BPA levels to various health problems. OPDD offers the following reports and data, listed in reverse chronological order with the most recent first, to help you make informed decisions regarding the plastic items that you buy and use. Below this recycling guide, we have created a picture chart of items that have been reported safe from BPA and those containing BPA. But rather than depend upon a visual chart when you buy plastic products, it is wiser to use this simple recycling guideto help you choose the safer plastics: Here is a handy plastics chart for your reference... Items with the numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5 are considered the safest plastics for use with foods or around infants and children. It is best to avoid plastics with the recycling numbers 3, 6 or 7.These are also the plastics which are difficult to recycle. Here is a sample visual guide to BPA-free items and those with BPA content, according to the online reports and studies listed further down this page... BPA-free items: So how do you protect yourself from the potential hazards of BPA? For your safety, download this pdf file called Check the Kind of Plastics You Use – by the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC): BELOW ARE LINKS TO ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN PRINTED ABOUT BPA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, in reverse chronological order... Chemical BPA in workers linked to problems in Chinese workers... Associated Press, November 11, 2009, By Malcolm Ritter,AP Science Writer NEW YORK – Male factory workers in China who got very high doses of a chemical that's been widely used in hard plastic bottles had high rates of sexual problems, researchers reported Wednesday. Heavy exposure to BPA, or bisphenol A, on the job was linked to impotence and lower sexual desire and satisfaction, according to the study, which adds to concerns about BPA's effects on most consumers. Estrogen contamination in bottled water ‘just the tip of the iceberg,’ say scientists... BattlingForHealth.com, March 27, 2009, by Kate MelvilleThe notion that bottled mineral water is clean and without contamination is being challenged by new research that has identified significant levels of estrogen in bottled water that appears to have leached from the plastic bottle. Martin Wagner and Jörg Oehlmann, from the Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, make no bones about it, declaring that plastic mineral water bottles contaminate drinking water with xenoestrogens. Parents and scientists pressure retailers to phase out baby products with BPA... Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Dec. 02, 2008, by Julia Dilday Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us are phasing out baby feeding products containing BPA by the end of 2008, the chain confirmed this week. Baby bottles at Target will be completely BPA-free by the end of January. Wal-mart is following suit and a company spokesman stated that all baby bottles will be BPA-free by mid-year in 2009. Know Your Carcinogens: the lastest on BPA... BattlingForHealth.com, November 18, 2008 by Rachel Yet, plastic manufacturers all over are still using it in their polymerization process. And food manufacturers are using plastics with BPA in their packaging. According to a report of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) "BPA is a high production volume chemical used primarily in theproduction of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins... The primary source of exposure to BPA for most people is through the diet... BPA in food and beverages accounts for the majority of daily human exposure." Tests find chemical after normal heating of 'microwave safe' plastics... JournalSentinel.com, By Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger of the Journal Sentinel, Posted: Nov. 15, 2008Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an analysis by the Journal Sentinel has found. The newspaper had the containers of 10 items tested in a lab - products that were heated in a microwave or conventional oven. Bisphenol A, or BPA, was found to be leaching from all of them. Alliance for Healthy Homes recently posted this study from the September (2008) Journal of the American Medical Association... Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) - September 2008: BPA is found in a variety of plastic containers, most notably drinking water containers and plastic baby bottles. Earlier this year, the Canadian government issued a warning that BPA poses unacceptable health risks, especially for infants and young children. Canada has since moved to ban BPA in baby bottles and other children’s products, and several states and municipalities in the United States are considering similar measures. Poisoned Pot Roast? Plastic Storage Containers Also Contain Bisphenol A... Scientific American, August 12, 2008 Most Tupperware products are made of LDPE or PP, and as such are considered safe for repeated use storing food items and cycling through the dishwasher. Most food storage products from Glad, Hefty, Ziploc and Saran also pass The Green Guide’s muster for health safety. According to the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU)... "BPA may cause changes in cells in breasts, the uterus, and the prostate which can increase risk of cancers. In addition, BPA has been associated with increases in developmental disorders of the brain and nervous system in animals. these developmental disorders in animals are like problems such as ADHD (attention deficit hyper-reactivity disorder) in humans." Is a Chemical in Plastic Bottles a Hazard to Humans? NPR reports... National Public Radio reported August 9, 2007 “To be clear: now in question are the very same reusable alternatives to water in disposable plastic bottles? The ones we've been championing for quite some time.” The NPR report continues, “Also, remember that dishwashers and microwaves breakdown the chemicals in these products further (the reason for the concern about baby bottles, coupled with the knowledge that young ones are most at risk). If they’ve turned hazy, they are especially dangerous because they have already broken down.” “What more do they need to know? These chemicals are simply used as hardeners and stabilizers of plastics (to increase durability), and we know plastics can be made WITHOUT them!” Here's a summary of other events from 2007 through 2008... The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has detected BPA in infant formulas. 4 out of the top 5 companies questioned acknowledged using BPA in their packaging. December 2007 April 2008 July 2008 September 3, 2008 September 17, 2008 October 8, 2008 October 2008 Another study in mice should that BPA exposure during pregnancy altered the cellular structure of the breasts. October 28, 2008 In addition, the US FDA thinks the Canadian restrictions on BPA are “out of an abundance of caution.” Although the US FDA tries to reassure the public’s concerns about BPA, concerns about BPA is increasing and this latest findings on chemotherapy resistance “provide considerable support to the accumulating evidence that BPA is hazardous to human health.” |
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