The BPA Free Plastic Containers Campaign

| Thursday, September 6, 2012
By Chloe Gib


A lot of people may have been familiar with slogans such as the BPA free plastic containers campaign which is popular in rural areas nationwide. Recent studies conclude that what these advocates support is different from the results that they have gathered. Advocates are said to be concerned of the expected effects of such substance in the overall health of the society.

The Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America ensures that the country is exposed to minimal levels of this chemical. Research has found its potential effects in the brain, infants and children. It was originally marketed by the government as safe. However, studies made with the chemical found out that it is not as safe as it was marketed to be.

The industrial chemical which is originally called Bisphenol A is a compound that is used to make polycarbonate resins, epoxy resins and other materials. The presence of this compound in everyday products is attributed to its polycarbonate material that is found in a lot of electronic appliances and things people have today.

This government agency aided researchers have found that strands or low percentages of this chemicals can be passed from the mother to the fetus. This is usually the standard case since around ninety percent of mothers are exposed to this substance. The substance is usually present in the food that most people take.

Another study conducted, tested the chemical on rats. It has been found that the chemical is absorbed by the body and distributed. The chemical is then reduced to a form of hormone that can be easily secreted by the body. The chemical makes the metabolism in animals go faster which, in effect, connotes to fast excretion of the compound.

Research from a leading company in United States concluded that it does not cause or induce cancer in laboratory animals. However, since it was only tested on laboratory animals a person is advised to be careful enough. The results were not convincing enough to conclude that it is a carcinogenic.

This compound has undergone many extensive tests more than any other compound that is present in the market. However, despite the exams it only yielded negative results on areas where it could be a potential threat to the health of the person. The results suggest that this thing does not cause cancer and is nowhere found in tissues affected with such disease.

Many people are caught in the BPA free plastic containers campaign. The Food and Drug Administration supports this view by funding studies which may or may not prove such claims. Independent studies are the only basis of these groups as of now.




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