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Chuck Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And again, these limits are like the amount that we're getting shouldn't harm like, you know, children and adults.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Yeah, that's weird.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

All right, Dr. Clark, we're going to take a break and ponder that, and we'll be right back with more on BPAs.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

I gotta say, I'm very impressed.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

But I called you a doctor.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

All right.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

So in the United States, the FDA is who is in charge of regulating the BPA use.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And in 2010, they did a four-year review of BPA studies, which resulted in 2014, basically saying, you know what?

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

We're upholding our previous no-observe adverse effects label.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

As long as you don't get more than five milligrams of

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

a body weight per kilogram of body weight per day, you'll be fine.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Well, that's what they say.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

I mean, we should talk about some of the things, though.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

I know you mentioned a few things, but let me see here.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Type 2 diabetes, potentially in adults, insulin resistance in children and adults, polycystic ovary syndrome, obesity and hypertension in children and adults.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Yeah, for sure.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Europe, of course, is leading the way in front of us.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

In April, just a few years ago in 2023, their FDA, which is the European Food Safety Authority, said, all right, we've seen the research.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

And I think they lowered their safe level a lot, I think, to 0.2 nanograms, which is two billionths of a gram or 0.2 billionths of a gram.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: All about BPAs

Right.