Here is a quote, for
instance, from the Environmental Science & Technology journal: “BPAF, BPB,
BPF, and BPS have been shown to exhibit antiandrogenic and / or estrogenic
activities similar to or even greater than that of BPA.”96 BPAF, BPB, and BPF, of
course, are also camouflage chemical versions of BPA. Chemically, these could
be called “BPA brothers”. Literally. For simplicity, I have only included BPA and
BPS as “Estrogenic #9” (of 10) but this is all good information for you to know.
Furthermore, because BPA and BPS act so analogously, I’ll simply be looking
at studies regarding BPA throughout the rest of the book. That will simplify
everything by eliminating the need to constantly refer to “BPA and BPS” every
time I mention research studies.
Now: you need to be careful not to confuse phthalates with the plastic
ingredient BPA. These items are uniquely distinct even though phthalates and
BPA cause many of the same human health disorders and they are all plastic
estrogenics.
Let’s go back to a food analogy to highlight the differences of BPA and
phthalates. This will be better than describing the chemical creation of plastics.
It’s simple. Think about making a corn tortilla. BPA would be more like corn
mush or some other “main ingredient”. Phthalates are like the salt or some other
“seasoning”. You can’t make a tortilla out of pure salt any more than you can
make plastic out of pure phthalates. You can, however, make plastic out of BPA.
If you want to get technical, BPA actually needs to link up with other BPA
molecules in order to form a plastic. If all the BPA was “linked up” this would be
all good. Unfortunately, there are always “unlinked” BPA molecules in plastics,
so it leaches out.
Furthermore, BPA is “lipophilic” or “fat-loving” so things like oil that are
stored in BPA are more of a problem than water-based solutions. This principle
is actually true of all estrogenics. We’ll circle back to it later.
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Hyperactivity in children, once again, is connected to BPA exposure.105 This
emerging pattern actually makes me suspicious that estrogenics in general are
involved in hyperactivity disorders but, unfortunately, the hyperactivity topic has
not been thoroughly investigated with most other estrogenics. Frankly, I hope
this book inspires such studies.
Now let’s flip to something positive. There is evidence that suggests estrogen
—natural, God-given, estrogen—is slightly protective against aging and it may
even protect the brain from aging.106 Again, this effect is slight but real.
The irony here, though, is that estrogenics—these artificial estrogens that bind
the estrogen receptor—might have the opposite effect. At least BPA does. BPA
appears to accelerate aging by out-competing natural estrogen.

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