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Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical produced in large quantities for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. It is not a supplement but a compound often found in food and beverage containers.

Category
Environmental Chemical
Molecular Formula
C15H16O2
Mechanism of Action
BPA is an endocrine disruptor. It can mimic the body's hormones, and it can interfere with the production, secretion, transport, action, function, and elimination of natural hormones.
Evidence Grade
A

Other Names

  • Bisphenol A
  • BPA
  • 4,4'-(propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol

Side Effects

  • Neurological effects
  • Cardiovascular problems
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Reproductive disorders

Precautions

  • Avoid products packaged in plastic containers
  • Minimize consumption of canned foods
  • Avoid microwaving polycarbonate plastic food containers

Key References

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774166/
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3223004/
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“function provides over 100 Advanced lab tests that give you a key snapshot of your entire bodily Health this snapshot offers you with insights on your heart health Hormone Health immune functioning nutrient levels and much more they've also recently added tests for toxins such as BPA exposure from harmful Plastics and tests for paases or forever chemicals”

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“they've also recently added tests for toxins such as BPA exposure from harmful Plastics and tests for paases or forever chemicals”

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“you can sweat out microplastics. You can sweat out BPA. You can sweat out a lot of these microtoxins. You can sweat out a lot of man-made industrial toxins in general.”

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“women that have higher levels of BPA have had fewer eggs retrieved”

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“one of the most ominous sounding obesogens that we're all getting exposed to pretty much every day is bisphenol a”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 15:55 0
“these chemicals are called endocrine disrupting chemicals because they disrupt disrupt the endocrine system so BPA BPS um you know these are these are chemicals that are often referred to as xenoestrogens because they mimic estrogen in the body and they bind to estrogen receptors they bind to Androgen receptors and they can block the activity of them or they can enhance the activity depending on the dose of the chemical”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 17:23 0
“BPA is one of the biggest ones um ps is now you know coming along because there's a lot of companies that are manufacturing and marketing BPA free um phalates are a big one those are also found in a lot of like personal hygiene products and cosmetics shampoos deodorants creams everything like anything personal hygiene and um and then there's there's also the forever chemicals P those are also found in a variety of of um things that are water resistant oil repellent you know anything like that.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 18:01 0
“these chemicals so I mentioned I mentioned hormones you know they're disrupting testosterone so um there's been a variety of studies looking at for example urinary BPA exposure and testosterone levels and you know there's an association with higher urinary BPA exposure higher urinary BPA you know excretion and lower testosterone again because these things are affecting you know they're affecting hormones through feedback loops because they're binding to these estrogen receptors these Androgen receptors.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 19:37 0
“BPA is also affecting the brain so a lot of studies on brain development but also like studies looking at you know just correlations between High BPA levels in adults um neurodevelopment is a big one because developing you know fetuses like like like males that are developing it's affecting their neurodevelopment so women that have higher urinary BPA levels are six times more likely to have a child diagnosed with autism and also it's affecting the sexual development of boys so the AGD is getting impacted right.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 26:19 0
“a lot of these plastic chemicals like BPA are also affecting ADHD not just autism and again it seems like boys are more susceptible to that but these plastic chemical do affect women as well”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 27:13 0
“BPA and some of the other chemicals they are endocrine disrupting they are binding to estrogen receptors they are binding to Androgen receptors”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 34:28 0
“receipts are thermal paper and essentially they're coated with BPA. There's a thermal reaction that happens when heat is applied to the BPA it prints text on the receipt without actual ink.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 35:30 0
“I just want to tell you that these receipts are lined with endocrine disruptors that disrupt hormones and he goes you mean like testosterone I was like yes testosterone it's been correlated with a decrease in testosterone.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 36:25 0
“Also if you wear cream or hand sanitizer it it's been shown to increase the dermal absorption of BPA by a hundredfold.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 53:33 0
“canned soup is really bad because it's in a can that's lined with BPA and the soup goes in hot”

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“everything BPA free, etc.”

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