Source -
Bisphenol-A (BPA) is the building block of
polycarbonate and can from there into water or
food.
Health effects
- BPA is a leach suspected carcinogen and mimics
the hormone estrogen in animal studies.
Limit
- There is none.
Our findings
- Eight of the ten 5-gallon polycarbonate jugs we
checked leached bisphenol-A into water--from 0.5
ppb to 11 ppb. Any health effects would be most
likely to occur in developing fetuses, judging
from animal research.