Estrogenic chemicals often leach from BPA-free plastic products that are replacements for BPA-containing polycarbonate products

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bittner, George D ^a,b   Yang, Chun Z ^a   Stoner, Matthew A ^a  

^a CertiChem Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

BG1Luc; Bisphenol A; BPA; Estrogenic activity; Human health; MCF 7 BG1Luc; Polycarbonate plastic

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALCOHOL; ALKENE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE TANNATE PLUS MEPYRAMINE TANNATE PLUS PHENYLEPHRINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GLYCOL; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE; RESIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOASSAY; CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; IRRADIATION; LEACHATE; MAMMAL; PHENOL; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPLACEMENT; RESIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; MAMMAL CELL; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MAMMALIA;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGENS; ETHANOL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROWAVES; PHENOLS; PLASTICS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84903312741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-41     Document Type: Article

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