bisphenol
Noun
Meaning
bisphenol (plural bisphenols)
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from methylenediphenol, CH2(C6H4OH)2, formed by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde or ketone.
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After looking into inspection standards of imported and exported goods, four industrial bodies set up by the Shan Xi Inspection and Quarantine Bureau have approved bisphenol A and antimony-related testing methods for cosmetics.
She focused on the chemical bisphenol A as a representative environmental chemical and measured it at multiple dosage levels while testing yellow agouti mice.
"If you look back in the scientific literature, you find articles already decades ago about bisphenol A," she said.
It is a bisphenol cured grade with 65.9% fluorine content.
Most canned foods are manufactured using bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical linked to hormone disruption and breast cancer.
… The overwhelming scientific evidence says that bisphenol A is not a risk to human health.”