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BPA has major effects on the behavior of vertebrates, especially in their sensory processing systems. In zebrafish BPA can disrupt the signaling in the endocrine system and affect auditory development and function. [111] Similar to a human ear, the zebrafish have a sensory organ called the lateral line that detects different forms of vibration ...
Overlay of estradiol, the major female sex hormone in humans (green) and BPA (purple). This displays the structure–activity relationship which allows BPA to mimic the effects of estradiol and other estrogens. BPA has been found to interact with a diverse range of hormone receptors, in both humans and animals. [76]
Bisphenols A (BPA), F (BPF) and S (BPS) have been shown to be endocrine disruptors, potentially relating to adverse health effects. [3] [6] Due to its high production volumes, BPA has been characterised as a "pseudo-persistent" chemical, [7] leading to its spreading and potential accumulation in a variety of environmental matrices, even though it has a fairly short half-life.
The lower the number, the better the plastic, and the fewer health effects it’s been linked to (and, bonus: the more easily it can be recycled). Clear plastic disposable bottles and jugs.
2. Plastic Bottles Can Leach Microplastics. Roughly 10% to 78% of bottled water samples contain contaminants, including microplastics. These are often hormone (endocrine) disruptors, and they're ...
A comparison of the structures of the natural estrogen hormone estradiol (left) and one of the nonyl-phenols (right), a xenoestrogen endocrine disruptor. Endocrine disruptors, sometimes also referred to as hormonally active agents, [1] endocrine disrupting chemicals, [2] or endocrine disrupting compounds [3] are chemicals that can interfere with endocrine (or hormonal) systems. [4]
Woodruff, who has studied the effect of some chemicals found in plastics on human health, reproduction, and development for two decades, first started looking into microplastics in 2021.
There has been evidence that BPA is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer in humans by disrupting estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) and exerting estrogenic effects. MBP also disrupts the balanced expression of ERα and ERβ, leading to the dominant expression of the ERβ protein in cancer cells at a much lower concentration.