Dangerous Effects of Bisphenol A

Please imagine how much plastic you have in your daily environment. About 50 billion waters are consumed each year (Geracimos, 2007). Plastic also packs various materials and helps to save any foods that you actually use, but plastic is a new enemy in our life. From a drinking cup to a plastic bowl that you can wash. Plastic can cause harm to our body. However, if plastics need to drastically reduce the amount of plastic used, further research is needed before plastics are identified.

Plastic kills marine organisms as a result of breathing and suffocation. However, plastics are so dangerous because they release toxic chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA) when decomposed. BPA mimics estrogen and is confused with our hormones and can cause cancer. Recent studies have shown that plastics can kill coral reefs by making coral reeals more susceptible to disease. Many of these plastics are concentrated in "garbage patches". The garbage patch forms garbage and garbage that are pushed together by a circular ocean current called revolution. These plaques are not rigid blocks, but instead they are made up of microplastic, which makes mainly water turbid and gelatinous. About twice the biggest trash patch in Texas is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is nicknamed Pacific Garbage Whirlpool.

In September 2008, Iain Lang and colleagues published the first major study on the health effects of human exposures to bisphenol A on the Journal of the American Association. Exposure to bisphenol A was assessed by cross-sectional studies of nearly 1,500 patients by observing the amount of chemical in the urine. The authors found that higher levels of bisphenol A were significantly associated with heart disease, diabetes, and abnormally high levels of specific liver enzymes. In the 2008 scientific review, it is concluded that "prenatal exposure (...) low dose BPA will change breast development and increase the risk of breast cancer". The 2009 scientific review funded by the Breast Cancer Foundation recommends a federal ban on the production, distribution and sale of consumer products, including bisphenol A.