Bruce Lanphear – Mar 29, 2025
“Let’s start with the villain: bisphenol A, or BPA, the kind of chemical that sounds like it belongs in a sci-fi novel but instead shows up in everyday items like food can linings and cash register receipts. You’ve met it before, whether you knew it or not. As it turns out, BPA isn’t just protecting your canned peas—it may also be altering the developing brain.
This isn’t some fringe chemical found in obscure factories. BPA exposure is nearly universal. Studies show that more than 90% of people in industrialized countries have detectable levels of BPA in their bodies—including pregnant women. Across continents and cultures, expectant mothers are routinely exposed to BPA through diet, dust, and even receipts. In other words, the story you’re about to read isn’t about rare poisonings or extreme exposures. It’s about the everyday, low-level chemical exposures that have been silently altering the brains of children.”
https://blanphear.substack.com/p/plastic-chemicalsa-hidden-link-to?r=al5g4&triedRedirect=true