Publications by authors named "Anja Kodila"
Article Synopsis
- BPA and its analogues are being regulated more strictly due to known harmful effects, leading to the emergence of new substitutes that may not have been adequately tested for safety.
- Concerns arise over "BPA-free" products, which can contain these untested substitutes, posing potential health risks to humans and other species.
- The article aims to compile information on these BPA alternatives to highlight their potential toxicity and the safety gaps in current regulations.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a known endocrine disruptor found in many consumer products that humans come into contact with on a daily basis. Due to increasing concerns about the safety of BPA and the introduction of new legislation restricting its use, industry has responded by adopting new, less studied BPA analogues that have similar polymer-forming properties. Some BPA analogues have already been shown to exhibit effects similar to BPA, for example, contributing to endocrine disruption through agonistic or antagonistic behaviour at various nuclear receptors such as estrogen (ER), androgen (AR), glucocorticoid (GR), aryl hydrocarbon (AhR), and pregnane X receptor (PXR).
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