For example, No. 7, says Dr. Halden, means "there is a high likelihood" that Bisphenol A is in it.
The controversy should be settled: Bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for use in its current food packaging and contact applications.
First there was the study last fall correlating high levels of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) with poor sperm formation in men.
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Weiss, a breast cancer oncologist, suggested that everyday pollutants such as chemicals including bisphenol A and dioxins could bombard hormone receptors, causing abnormalities in the breast.
If we had done this with bisphenol A, we would not be in the scientific mess we are now in, , because ultimately the truth will win.
Dr. Mike also mentioned concern about BPA (Bisphenol A), a benign resin used in sports bottles, military helmets, DVD and BluRay disks, and myriad consumer and commercial products.
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Because they believe the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) that migrate from the can linings are a health hazard as they equal the amount of BPA given to animals in experiments where adverse health effects were found.
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According to the Food and Drug Administration, bisphenol A, or BPA, isn't an approved substance for use in baby bottles and children's sippy cups due to a change in FDA regulations that reflects the fact manufacturers no longer use BPA in the products.
Janssen says that other common household items like plastic baby bottles and water filter pitchers contain bisphenol A, a chemical that mimics estrogen and has been linked in animals to infertility, enlarged prostates, abnormal chromosomes, obesity and insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes.
Morningstar analyst Tom Mullarkey says the situation that Monster faces is probably most like the concerns that people have with genetically-enhanced food and the chemical used to line cans called Bisphenol A. (The U.S. banned using BPA in some baby products.) Keep in mind, though, that both cigarettes and alcohol substances proven lethal are sold still.
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There is no shortage of issues swirling around the food industry, and one of the most debated topics involves the compound bisphenol A. Known by its acronym BPA, it has been used for many decades in a wide array of industrial and consumer applications, ranging from hardened plastics to the epoxy safety lining of many food and beverage cans.
This is the situation currently unfolding at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where regulators have until March 31 to comply with a consent judgment by responding to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers and other materials likely to be ingested or to come into contact with food.
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If there is one certainty that greeted publication of an Environmental Protection Agency-funded study showing that bisphenol A (BPA) was below the level of detection in people fed a high BPA diet, it was that University of Missouri biologist, Dr. Frederick vom Saal, the scientist who first ignited the global panic on BPA, would, sooner or later, denounce it as astoundingly flawed and influenced by industry research.
Bisphenol-A is also a very weak estrogen-like compound that binds weakly to a set of hormone receptors.
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The current rage is something called Bisphenol-A (BPA), which is in the lining of most every food-containing can.
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