Topic: Do Low Doses of BPA Harm People?
Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-low-doses-of-bpa-harm/
BPA is the most controversial chemical in consumer products. it's used to make polycarbonate plastics and food and beverages can liners and sometimes paper receipts. More than 90 percent of Americans have tested traces back of BPA in their bodies. It disrupts the hormones in laboratory animals and their reproductive systems and brain development. People with high levels of exposure have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. The debate is being used for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration, to see whether or not to regulate BPA in consumer products like canned food. But some of the reactions have made companies to stop using BPA in their products. Justin Teeguarden, senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says that the biologists are using exposure levels much than higher measured in most of the human blood samples. The potential risk for humans has been a huge controversy between biologists and the FDA.
After reading this article, it gave me some knowledge about what is BPA is and I never knew that it's harmful to humans and also this is the first time that I read an article about this stuff. Thank's to Mrs. Ogo that she actually put some time to make me read all this kind of scrAPES or stories. I know it's kind of stressing just reading all the dangerous stuff that can be found mostly everywhere around the world but It's better to know them and be aware instead of clue less.
Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-low-doses-of-bpa-harm/
BPA is the most controversial chemical in consumer products. it's used to make polycarbonate plastics and food and beverages can liners and sometimes paper receipts. More than 90 percent of Americans have tested traces back of BPA in their bodies. It disrupts the hormones in laboratory animals and their reproductive systems and brain development. People with high levels of exposure have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. The debate is being used for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration, to see whether or not to regulate BPA in consumer products like canned food. But some of the reactions have made companies to stop using BPA in their products. Justin Teeguarden, senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says that the biologists are using exposure levels much than higher measured in most of the human blood samples. The potential risk for humans has been a huge controversy between biologists and the FDA.
After reading this article, it gave me some knowledge about what is BPA is and I never knew that it's harmful to humans and also this is the first time that I read an article about this stuff. Thank's to Mrs. Ogo that she actually put some time to make me read all this kind of scrAPES or stories. I know it's kind of stressing just reading all the dangerous stuff that can be found mostly everywhere around the world but It's better to know them and be aware instead of clue less.