New study shows BPS to be as hazardous as the BPA it replaced
More evidence has just come out about the hazards of the chemical that replaced BPA (bisphenol A) in cans and plastic containers.
Turns out it’s just as bad for our health — maybe even worse.
It’s called BPS (bisphenol S), and we were assured that it was a “safe” alternative.
But a new study has made a frightening discovery: Exposure to BPS may be like rocket fuel for breast cancer cells.
Certainly we don’t need any more evidence, studies or experts giving lectures about this to know that now is the time to cut our exposure to BPS, too.
And there are four easy ways you can do that.
It’s not hard to encounter BPS. Just touching one of those thermal paper receipts is one way.
But probably where you and your family have the most likely chance of exposure will come from products that claim to be BPA free!
Sumi Dinda, Ph.D., who is an associate professor at Oakland University School of Health Sciences in Rochester, Mich., sums up his new research this way: “Despite hopes for a safer alternative to BPA,” this replacement chemical has the same dangerous “estrogen-mimicking behavior.”
Wow, you would think that scientists would have looked, or maybe even have taken a tiny peek, before they leaped, wouldn’t you?
What Professor Dinda and his team found in this new study, is that in laboratory experiments, exposure to BPS caused breast-cancer cells to easily multiply. Not only that, but it also appears that the chemical results in breast cancer becoming “more aggressive.”
Dinda found that BPS is especially dangerous for women who carry a mutation in their BRAC1 gene (what led actress Angelina Jolie to have that “preventative” double mastectomy). He also discovered that as breast-cancer cell lines (both BRAC1 and non-BRAC1) were exposed to higher amounts of BPS, their numbers rose by 60 percent — and that was in less than a week!
But this isn’t the first time BPS has been found to be dangerous.
Past research on zebrafish (often used in research, since their transparency makes them easy to study) revealed that just a tiny smidgen of BPS was able to cause major problems in their brain development, as well as permanent damage to their reproductive systems.
As we said last year, it seems that all that was done is one harmful substance got traded for another.
So here’s what you need to do — and this is especially important for moms-to-be and anyone with heart issues.
First, don’t trust any containers that say they are “BPA Free.” I’m talking about everything from canned food to water bottles. The only way to be safe is to use as few canned items as possible — which means either opting for frozen foods, ones in glass containers or those in “aseptic” cartons that are being used more and more these days.
Along with that, following these tips will also help reduce your exposure:
- Don’t store food in plastic containers, but use glass ones instead.
- Never microwave in plastic dishes. That will leach even more chemicals into your food.
- Try to handle those thermal receipts as little as possible. Many stores will now email you a receipt instead. Also, several years ago researchers discovered that handling one of those thermal receipts after using a hand sanitizer will allow the chemical to transfer immediately to your skin and be more easily absorbed by your body!
I have no doubt that in the future researchers will be finding many more “smoking guns” where this chemical is concerned. And when they do, it will certainly give you peace of mind to know that you’ve already banished as much of it as you can from your life!
“Exposure to BPA substitute, BPS, multiplies breast cancer cells” Endocrine Society, March 31, 2017, Newswise, newswise.com
