By Jermiah Johnson This article stresses the importance of finding drinking vessels that will not leach chemicals out of their very walls and poison you. Yeah! Sounds problematic, doesn’t it? Well, it is. BPAs (Bisphenol-A, a chemical used in plastics for the past 60 years). BPAs are found in both epoxy (used […]
By Andy Coghlan Many plastic bottles are sold as “BPA-free” — meaning they don’t contain bisphenol A, an ingredient known to disrupt reproduction in mice. But now it seems that the additives used in place of BPA are potentially just as harmful. “The discovery could mean that the replacements, such […]
By Patricia Hunt, Washington State University and Tegan Horan, Washington State University The credibility of scientific findings hinges on their reproducibility. As a scientist, it is therefore disastrous when you are unable to replicate your own findings. Our laboratory has found itself in just this situation several times; in each […]
BY ANH-USA Consumers are demanding BPA-free products, but the alternatives are no safer. Action Alert! The word is out about bisphenol-A (BPA), the chemical that is commonly used in drinking containers, children’s toys, and other plastic products: it’s been linked to diabetes, asthma, cancer, obesity, and altered prostate and neurological development, among other illnesses. […]
By ANH-USA Many Americans drink bottled water, the market for which has grown to $147 billion in recent years. Despite this rapid growth, there are emerging health concerns with drinking bottled water, notably from the chemicals used in the production of plastic which, as our friends at Healthline.com point out, have hormone-mimicking […]
By Kathleen Rogers By now most of us have read that plastic, that incredibly useful product that all of us use every day, is fast becoming public enemy number one. We have been using plastics for decades and as a result, plastic is everywhere: in our fish, in our food, in […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Did you know that you will get 100,000 times more Bisphenol-A (BPA) from a receipt than a plastic water bottle? [1] This year, I’m doing my taxes with surgical gloves, because one of the biggest secrets is just how much toxic BPA seeps right into the skin. In […]
By Jason Erickson “In fact, terrestrial microplastic pollution is much higher than marine microplastic pollution” – about four to 23 times more… More attention continues to be placed on determining any ill effects that microplastics (microbeads) are having on human health and the environment. Previous concerns have been raised in […]
By Heather Callaghan, Editor A recent University of Exeter study has discovered that nearly all teenagers tested are holding bisphenol-A (BPA) plastics in their intestinal lining. The chemical that makes plastics stronger and more flexible was found in higher amounts in teenagers than in the general public, causing major concern since the […]
By ANH-USA Some Good News on BPA in Water Bisphenol A (BPA) is a toxic chemical used in plastics and other industries. It has been linked to many devastating health problems such as cancer, brain impairment, hormone disruption, obesity and more. It’s found in bottled water via the plastic bottles, but […]