Bpa

Babies really love to chew on the bright plastic toys, especially the ones filled with BPA.

Bisphenol A — or BPA — is a common chemical used to make tough, shatter-resistant plastic.

BPA is widely used in plastics and epoxy resins, including the lining of food cans.

BPA is widely used in plastics and epoxy resins, including the lining of food cans. It has been identified as an endocrine disruptor which means it affects glands and hormones.

“Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers. […] But over the past decade, BPA has largely been phased out and replaced with a different chemical, bisphenol S, or BPS.