Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
by bruckie on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @12:07PM
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> are there now enough safeguards in place that we're unlikely to be repeating the same mistakes?
I doubt it. One obvious example is plasticizers: there was a big ruckus about BPA a few years ago, so manufacturers phased it out and switched to different plasticizers, many of which are incredibly chemically similar to BPA. It's seems very plausible that they have similar negative health effects, but there's no regulation (or even disclosure, in most cases) of which plasticizers are being used.
I doubt it. One obvious example is plasticizers: there was a big ruckus about BPA a few years ago, so manufacturers phased it out and switched to different plasticizers, many of which are incredibly chemically similar to BPA. It's seems very plausible that they have similar negative health effects, but there's no regulation (or even disclosure, in most cases) of which plasticizers are being used.
https://www.science.org/content/article/bpa-substitutes-may-...