Our exposure to a common plastic additive linked to breast cancer and obesity likely exceeds health thresholds set by governments worldwide. The agency cited a study that found every single participant of a biomonitoring study was likely exposed to the chemical above safe health thresholds. EU regulators are taking several steps to reduce BPA exposure. One proposal would slash the accepted exposure level of BPA in food contact materials nearly 20,000-fold, all but banning the product. The United States takes a starkly different approach: The U.S. safe daily exposure level for BPA, set in 1988, is 250,000 times higher than the proposed European recommendation.

Source: Forbes September 15, 2023 21:01 UTC