Bpa stands for bisphenol a.
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Bpa free products don t contain bpa but they still contain chemicals asserts dr.
Certichem found that 70 percent of products that are bpa free still leach ea chemicals into beverages and food.
Bittner who is also founder of the testing company certichem.
You hear about it most when it comes to water bottles canned goods and receipts.
It s become controversial because it s well established that the compound leaches into food and drink.
We known it can cause hormonal changes and otherwise negatively.
Whether in food packaging cds toys thermal paper receipts plastic water bottles or jugs it is hard to escape the contact with the chemical bisphenol a bpa.
The european agency for food safety adopted recently a new risk assessment of the substance and significantly reduced the limit for daily recommended daily intake of 50 micrograms per kilogram.
List of bpa free bottled water brands.
Bpa is just one set of chemicals that have estrogenic activity he says.
Makers of many other water bottles and containers have voluntarily stopped using bpa as well.
It s a chemical compound traditionally used in the manufacture of plastics including food grade plastics.
But as people drank from their water.
Photo by kyle leboeuf bisphenol a bpa is a synthetic estrogen used in polycarbonate plastic products.