Plus they don’t just take out the BPA, it serves a purpose and the plastic wouldn’t function the same without it (I think it makes it more flexible). Instead, they just use a similar compound that is chemically different enough that they can SAY it is not BPA, but still will have the same effect. In the US, companies don’t have to prove that a chemical is safe before they use it, it is on consumers and consumer advocates to prove something is harmful after the fact. So theoretically, the new chemical might be just as bad or worse than whatever is being replaced.
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Plus they don’t just take out the BPA, it serves a purpose and the plastic wouldn’t function the same without it (I think it makes it more flexible). Instead, they just use a similar compound that is chemically different enough that they can SAY it is not BPA, but still will have the same effect. In the US, companies don’t have to prove that a chemical is safe before they use it, it is on consumers and consumer advocates to prove something is harmful after the fact. So theoretically, the new chemical might be just as bad or worse than whatever is being replaced.