Bisphenol A Evaluation
Evaluation of Bisphenol A (BPA) Regulation
Phase One Discussion Board Number Two: Main Response
SCI101-1304A-07: Introduction to the Sciences
Colorado Technical University
2011/09/20
More and more in the world today, there has been more advanced testing procedures becoming available in order to test products and their containers for unsafe materials that may exist. BPA is one of the substances that has been used in manufacturing processes of food and beverage containers for many years, and in the past few years has been found to be most toxic to pregnant women, unborn infants, infants, and toddlers, but does affect millions of humans on a daily basis. Within this discussion board posting there will be a description of Bisphenol A, …show more content…
Department of Health and Human Services regarding minimizing an infant’s exposure to BPA is that parents should examine discard scratched baby bottles and infant feeding cups, as if these old containers contain BPA it could be released in small quantities into an infant’s system ("Bisphenol A (BPA),"). Another factor that was found while researching is the fact that a high temperature used to heat your infant’s formula can dispense more BPA into the formula than heating with a hot water bath. As a result, the HHS suggests that parents should not ever heat baby formula in a BPA container in the microwave because not only a burn to the infant’s mouth may occur, but there may be a higher dose of BPA being administered to the infant ("Bisphenol A (BPA),"). The last suggestion for minimizing the exposure of BPA to infants, is for parents to read the labels on plastic containers relating to the recycle codes. The recycle codes that are likely to not contain BPA are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, while recycle code number 7 is likely to contain …show more content…
are exposed to a substance that has a known hazardous content on a daily basis through food and beverage containers alone, which is a fact that I previously did not know; I feel that BPA should be more regulated in the U.S. The regulation should first start with the FDA as the backbone of the regulatory processes, and the individual states should then reinforce regulatory laws pertaining to BPA labeling at home within their state in my opinion, as the main control mechanism of what unknowing consumers are purchasing within their state. Ongoing testing and evaluation should be conducted on BPA, along with trying to figure out if we can change the structure of BPA in order to make it
Phase One Discussion Board Number Two: Main Response
SCI101-1304A-07: Introduction to the Sciences
Colorado Technical University
2011/09/20
More and more in the world today, there has been more advanced testing procedures becoming available in order to test products and their containers for unsafe materials that may exist. BPA is one of the substances that has been used in manufacturing processes of food and beverage containers for many years, and in the past few years has been found to be most toxic to pregnant women, unborn infants, infants, and toddlers, but does affect millions of humans on a daily basis. Within this discussion board posting there will be a description of Bisphenol A, …show more content…
Department of Health and Human Services regarding minimizing an infant’s exposure to BPA is that parents should examine discard scratched baby bottles and infant feeding cups, as if these old containers contain BPA it could be released in small quantities into an infant’s system ("Bisphenol A (BPA),"). Another factor that was found while researching is the fact that a high temperature used to heat your infant’s formula can dispense more BPA into the formula than heating with a hot water bath. As a result, the HHS suggests that parents should not ever heat baby formula in a BPA container in the microwave because not only a burn to the infant’s mouth may occur, but there may be a higher dose of BPA being administered to the infant ("Bisphenol A (BPA),"). The last suggestion for minimizing the exposure of BPA to infants, is for parents to read the labels on plastic containers relating to the recycle codes. The recycle codes that are likely to not contain BPA are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, while recycle code number 7 is likely to contain …show more content…
are exposed to a substance that has a known hazardous content on a daily basis through food and beverage containers alone, which is a fact that I previously did not know; I feel that BPA should be more regulated in the U.S. The regulation should first start with the FDA as the backbone of the regulatory processes, and the individual states should then reinforce regulatory laws pertaining to BPA labeling at home within their state in my opinion, as the main control mechanism of what unknowing consumers are purchasing within their state. Ongoing testing and evaluation should be conducted on BPA, along with trying to figure out if we can change the structure of BPA in order to make it