Address the Issue of Phenols (BPA, etc) in Consumer Plastics

Address the Issue of Phenols (BPA, etc) in Consumer Plastics - Jake - 03-17-2023

While another post addresses the issue of reducing plastics and paper, alot of folks need to be aware that most consumer plastics contain hormone manipulating plasticizers, the most well known is BPA (Bisphenol A), yet there are a whole host of phenols in that category such as BPS, BPC, etc, etc, which are all known to have negative effects on the hormone system of animals.

Much of the negative effects take place in-utero. Plasticizers give plastics their plasticity and so are only covalently bound, and so off-gas into the environment, including into what the plastic contains. Products which contain volatile chemicals such as alcohol and products left in the heat tend to get the most phenols mixed in. Also, the common paper receipt is printed with ink which contains BPA. All of this BPA then goes right into our bodies and then into the water supply and runoff and causes issues with animal and marine life, which is unforgivable.

Research needs to be done into finding a replacement for most consumer plastics. Period. When BPA combines with the plasticizer in PVC pipes, phthalates, a deadly push pull effect occurs. BPA is an estrogen mimicing compound and phthalates are androgen blockers (testosterone is an androgen) the two together feminize males and hyper-feminize females, which causes those males and females to be less attracted to eachother, with females becoming more attracted to more masculine males, while making males more attracted to more masculine females, while making each less common.

Metamaterials would probably be the best field to conquer this issue, and there likely is an easy solution if we just get the ball rolling, which Texit could do.