Increased migration levels of bisphenol A from polycarbonate baby bottles after dishwashing, boiling and brushing

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 684-689

  Brede, Cato ^a   Fjeldal, P ^b   Skjevrak, I ^a   Herikstad, H ^a  

^a Naeringsmiddeltilsynet Midt Roagala   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Food Control Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baby bottles; Bisphenol A; Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Migration; Polycarbonate; Solid phase extraction; Water

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; HOT WATER; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BOTTLE FEEDING; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; PHENOLS; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; STERILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 0041562542     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203031000119061     Document Type: Article

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