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by Scaevolus 1296 days ago
BPA is merely one of many endocrine disrupting chemicals found in plastics. Oftentimes BPA is replaced by BPS or BPF to get that coveted "BPA-free!" label, ignoring the fact that the replacements are JUST AS BAD^1. It's a minefield.

Silicone tends to not have endocrine disruptors because it doesn't need plasticizers.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4492270/