Non-profit campaigns and health-advocacy groups have devoted years to alerting the public about how the chemical Bisphenol A, known as BPA, may cause hormone disruption—which is of particular concern for young children and pregnant women. Now, thanks in large part to those campaigns, many food companies have said they will remove the chemical from their cans.
But a new report from a group of non-profits shows that many cans on U.S. grocery stores shelves still contain BPA. More than two thirds of cans tested, including products by some of America’s largest food companies, contain the chemical, according to the report. Even in cans where BPA has been removed, the report claims, food companies have provided little information about what they are using in their canned good instead.

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SKILLS:???????? Bisphenol A
?雙酚A,學(xué)名：2,2-雙(4-羥基苯基)丙烷，簡(jiǎn)稱雙酚基丙烷(BPA)，溶于乙醇、丙酮、乙醚、苯及稀堿液等，幾乎不溶于水。 雙酚A是重要的有機(jī)化工原料，是苯酚和丙酮的重要衍生物，是環(huán)氧樹脂、聚碳酸酯、聚砜、聚芳酯、酚醛樹脂、不飽和聚酯樹脂、阻燃劑等產(chǎn)品的重要原料。
? 據(jù)悉，雙酚A是一種內(nèi)分泌干擾物，可以模仿人體自身的荷爾蒙，并可能導(dǎo)致對(duì)健康的負(fù)面影響。
?? BPA顯示了類似激素的特性，這引起了其在消費(fèi)類產(chǎn)品，和食品容器使用方面的擔(dān)憂。歐盟，加拿大，以及美國(guó)已經(jīng)禁止嬰兒奶瓶中的BPA使用。