TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian makers and suppliers of bisphenol A-free products were bracing for heightened demand for their products after Canada banned the use of the carcinogen in baby bottles. The ...

You've likely seen a label on plastic water bottles for years that says "BPA free." And you may have thought that's great, without ever thinking about what it's being replaced with to make these ...

You may have heard how the BPA (bisphenol A) in some food-packaging plastics has been linked to various health problems. Scientists are thus developing a more innocuous alternative, and it's made from ...

Retailers and consumer groups started demanding non-BPA-containing plastics. Pediatricians were particularly concerned about limiting BPA exposure in pregnant women, infants, and young children. 4,8 ...

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to McGill University researchers. A new study examined several ...

When inhaled at moderate levels, plastic particles without dangerous additives appear to be able to disrupt sex hormones, according to a new study published by researchers at Rutgers University.

Polycarbonate (PC) used to be king when it came to the five-gallon water cooler market. But over the past few years, concerns about one of PC's building blocks, BPA, have resulted in a public debate ...

This study is led by Dr. Chih-Hung Hsu (Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University), Dr. Fudi Wang (Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Hengyang Medical School, University of South China), and ...