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RE: Another Component of Plastics May Be Damaging To Health
What I would like to know is whether or not BHPF is less damaging then BPA. I really haven't read anything that has studied BHPF in enough detail. Most research has been really focusing on BPA.
In reality we are exposed to a plethora of things every day that are equally as bad for us as any of these compounds. Life is full of toxic compounds, some are put there by man, others just occur in our environments. I dunno what to say about all of this stuff really. It just sort of is, everything has positives and negatives. I don't have any reservations about using plastics, I am not going to live forever.
You can't do a direct comparison between harms like that unless they cause the exact same diseases.
The only thing you can do is a cost based analysis which most people would say does not quantify the true harm of illness.
I would rather know what the risks are than remain in the dark. This is the first stage in establishing a toxic effect but without more research the information is very limited and that is the real problem.
Without the knowledge you can't make any choices. If it is toxic but the exposure is so small as to be insignificant then who cares?
It may also be that avoiding certain practices like putting boiling water in plastic bottles virtually eliminates the risk.
We will only find out if we do more research though.
100% agree, that's why its so important to do the research.
Yep! We certainly don't know what the best practices for things are, unless we research the compounds thoroughly and actually understand their properties as best we can.
For sure I think since awareness of BPA has increased people just assume that BPA free on a bottle means it is completely safe.
More information is always better.