Anyone heard about BPA and BPS in plastic ?.

[Smoke&Slide]

Hello folks, this is a carbon chemical compound called Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S and is found in many plastics ( found in plastic bottles and filtered jugs etc ).The plastic bottles get heated up, when travelling or however and this chemical travels into the water, which you drink.They mimick estrogen and lowers testosterone.I have a health issue and this could be the reason for it.I am not disclosing what it is though ( not on an open forum ).Hopefully one day it gets banned from any product it gets put into.

Nath.

 

[kikie]

Yes, I heard of it but a couple of years ago. I only drink water out of glas bottles. Problem with glas bottles is probably the product they use to desinfect the bottles.

It is already banned out of plastic containers used for food for infants.

PET codes

 

[Omnis]

You should always drink water out of a sheep's bladder.

 

[kikie]

You should always drink water out of a sheep's bladder.

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[axletramp]

Never touch the stuff myself. Beer is far safer… and in glass.

 

[Ross]

This is the reason that you shouldn't re use a plastic bottle. Mind you, there are chemicals that harm you in pretty much everything you eat nowadays.

 

[phillgt2002]

Just look for non BPA bolttles.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I just buy drinking water from the grocery store and use it to top off my regular water bottle every morning.

 

[TB]

Isn't BPA really only released from plastic when it is heated? If so, drinking cold to room temperature water shouldn't cause the leaching effect.

 

[kikie]

Isn't BPA really only released from plastic when it is heated? If so, drinking cold to room temperature water shouldn't cause the leaching effect.

AFAIK, correct!

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

I just drink water from a tap. Probably just as safe dangerous.

 

[kikie]

Nothing is safe anymore. Our world is poisoned beyond repair.

 

[MatskiMonk]

If it does cause issues, and it's not being tested for to gain Food approval for use in food grade plastics - or is legislated against as a hazardous substance, don't assume it's just water and water bottles. This also looked like there aren't many actual answers out there. http://thesoftlanding.com/is-bps-th...in-bpa-free-plastic-food-containers-and-cans/ and that the substance, or worse replacements may be all over the place too.

 

[kikie]

I believe that you can also find Bisphenol A in ink. When you touch a receipt (sales slip), you come in contact with Bisphenol A.

http://www.bisphenol-a-europe.org/uploads/BPA applications.pdf

 

[AOS-]

Like TB said, BPA only leaches when the plastic is heated to higher temperatures. Warm water won't do much. Water from a boiler is likely hot enough to start the process.

That said, I'm blown away how little consumers know and how they get suckered into buying any plastic products that simply say "BPA free". I work in retail and one time a customer asked me if a toy contained BPA... am I out of the loop or have kids found an interest in putting their toys in the microwave oven?

 

[eran0004]

Like TB said, BPA only leaches when the plastic is heated to higher temperatures. Warm water won't do much. Water from a boiler is likely hot enough to start the process.

That said, I'm blown away how little consumers know and how they get suckered into buying any plastic products that simply say "BPA free". I work in retail and one time a customer asked me if a toy contained BPA... am I out of the loop or have kids found an interest in putting their toys in the microwave oven?

Small children put their toys in the mouth a lot. Saliva at 24 degrees Celsius is enough to make BPA migrate, according to a test made by the Swedish Chemicals Agency. It's in relatively small doses though and they didn't think it was enough to justify a ban on the chemical in toys.

The study is published here, English summary on page 11:
http://www.kemi.se/Documents/Publik...port-6-12-BPA-i-leksaker-och-barnartiklar.pdf

What's more worrying is that the doses children gets from brestfeeding are estimated to be about 200 times as high as what they would get from the worst case scenario with the toys that were tested. So it's not just about protecting the children from exposure, if the mother is exposed, the child will be exposed as well.

Personally I think it's madness to have toxic chemicals in childrens' toys, no matter how "safe" they are. And it's not only BPA, there's countless of toxic substances that we're being exposed to every day and even if they all are in small doses the combined effect and long-term exposure is something to be concerned about.