Health researchers are sounding the alarm about an endocrine disruptor commonly found in paper receipts – and they say it doesn't take long for your hands to absorb the chemical. In an Apr. 14 ...

Health Canada has concluded that early development is sensitive to the effects of bisphenol A - a chemical used to make some hard plastic bottles. ((Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)) The buzz on ...

The Belgian scientist Tom Nelis has developed a way of producing till receipt tickets without having to use harmful chemicals ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in the production of plastic but has oestrogenic activity. Therefore, BPA substitutes, such as fluorene-9-bisphenol (BHPF), have been introduced for the production of ...

This 2005 report by the American Council on Science and Health reviews the evidence and finds that low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) aren't a threat to human health. Based on the longer article ...

Studies of bisphenol-S, the chemical compound sometimes used to replace bisphenol-A in "BPA-free" plastic products, found it is disruptive not only to the body's hormone system, but to brain circuitry ...

Even small amounts of bisphenol A can lead to long-term health effects. When researchers studied adult rats exposed in the fetal stage, they found that females had developed a more masculine and males ...

Having identified potentially harmful health effects on the immune system, EFSA has set a new, significantly lower, tolerable daily intake of Bisphenol A. In a new re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA), ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used as a plasticizer in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin production. In addition, it is used as an additive agent in the fabrication process of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as ...

Once found in bottles, food containers, cash register receipts and electronics, bisphenol A (BPA) has been phased out of many products because of health concerns and government regulations. As a ...