(NaturalNews) Products labeled "BPA free" may be just as toxic as those
made with the increasingly shunned original chemical, according to a
study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
BPA
(bisphenol A) is an industrial chemical that has been widely used since
the 1950s in a large variety of products, from polycarbonate plastics
(like those used to make water and baby bottles) and the resins used to
line food and beverage containers to compact discs and the thermal paper
used to print receipts. A vast body of research has proven that BPA
mimics estrogen in the body, and has linked it to a variety of health
problems including cancer, reproductive and neurological defects,
obesity and diabetes.
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