Recently a customer asked me to quote pricing for polycarbonate. The material he wanted was bis-phenol A free polycarbonate with a guarantee that there was no BPA in the product. The term "chemophobia" is defined as the belief that manmade chemicals are bad and natural things are good. This is irrational, for example alcohol, tobacco, opiates and cocaine are natural. The world is made of chemicals whether man made or not. I asked myself what is the fear of bis-phenol A? I believe it comes from a fear that baby bottles manufactured from polycarbonate may release bis-phenol A into the milk? The baby will ingest bis-phenol A. Bisphenol A according to the myth can act like estrogen in the human body. Specifically is the fear that baby boys drinking milk from said bottle will have lower weight organs or develop feminine traits.
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