Now, quick aside, BPA-free plastic containers aren't the answer because research suggests that BPS and BPF, the most common replacements for BPA, might have similar effects on your body.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is reexamining the health effects of bisphenol A. A chemist explains why BPA is in plastics and why it’s hard to find a safe replacement.

Since 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of baby bottles and children's sippy cups containing Bisphenol-A (BPA), an industrial chemical used in some plastics that has ...

First I switched to always using a metal water bottle (my beloved Owala FreeSip !), and never touching the single-use ones.

First synthesized in 1891, BPA is a commercial hardener, making it great to use in a wide variety of applications, ranging from plastic canoes to headlights to cash register receipts.

BPA is not in every plastic, but each plastic has its own problems (cheery Grist article on chemicals may help you here) — at least avoid vinyl, and any “Lexan” or No. 7 plastic that does ...

Reusable plastic bottles and food containers may carry a BPA-free label but are they as safe as claimed? The programme Talking Point investigates whether they still leach chemicals that affect our ...

I have been cooking with the brand’s big spoon — exactly what it sounds like, at 13 inches in length — for a few years now; ...

If there was any consolation, it is that I am not remotely alone. “BPA particularly, as well as phthalates, are found in over 90% of individuals tested,” says Jenna Hua, the founder and CEO of ...

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Heat makes plastic release harmful chemicals like BPA so I always microwave in ceramic or glass – that’s a really easy one. Still, it just goes to show that the burden shouldn’t be on me as the ...