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Chuck Bryant

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Oh, no, no, no.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

But now that I don't feel so bad now that I know that those things are loaded with BPAs, I don't want those in my pocket.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Yeah, she saw these chromosomal errors start popping up.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

They went from 2% to 40% in these mice that she was studying in the control group.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And that, you know, there was a miscarriage or birth defects in these little baby mice.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

It's all very sad.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And she ran some more tests and she was like, you know what?

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

All of these cages and water bottles that these mice are drinking out of have BPA in them.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And I think that's where it's coming from.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

So she swapped that stuff out with non BPA stuff.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Everything returned to normal.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And she was like, I think I found something really bad here, everybody.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Yeah, for sure.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And in this case, in the case of BPA, what it really does is affect estrogen.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And estrogen has a huge effect on a lot of stuff.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

I think it can affect the behavior of more than 200 genes.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And almost every organ and tissue in the body can be affected by estrogen.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

So this was a big deal.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

At the time, there were a lot of initial reactions of like,