Bisphenol A Removal from Water and Wastewater
Bisphenol A Removal from Water and Wastewater

Author: Magdalena ZIELIŃSKA

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-22

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 3319923617

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Bringing together key research on bisphenol A (BPA) removal to allow students, and designers and operators of treatment plants to gain knowledge and insight into operating practices, this book presents developments in the technology of wastewater treatment for the removal of micropollutants, using BPA as an example. The difficulties in removing BPA from wastewater in traditional wastewater treatment plants are addressed along with a detailed analysis on integrated technologies for BPA removal; wastewater microorganisms that biodegrade BPA, and physical and chemical methods to support the biodegradation of BPA and its removal from wastewater. Readers are able to gain a general understanding of up-to-date techniques for removing BPA from wastewater, and are able to use the book as a reference for specific questions that they have.

Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A

Author: Natalie Gassman

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2022-01-12

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1839162066

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high production volume endocrine-disrupting chemical present in numerous consumer products. Extensive use of BPA has led to wide-spread contamination in the air, soil, and water, leading to ubiquitous human exposure. Research into BPA has grown exponentially over the past ten years, with numerous modes of action being identified that impact human health and disease development. While BPA has estrogenic effects, emerging literature has identified several non-receptor mediated modes of action, such as epigenetic reprogramming, that can affect the long-term health of the population. This book highlights the multiple modes of action BPA can use to reprogram cells genetically and metabolically. By compiling critical studies in BPA and outlining the connections and disparities in the literature to build a broader understanding of this complex endocrine-disrupting chemical and its impact on the environment and human health, this book is an ideal resource for postgraduates and researchers in a range of disciplines from toxicology to epigenetics and cancer epidemiology.

Is It Safe?
Is It Safe?

Author: Sarah A. Vogel

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0520273575

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We are all just a little bit plastic. Traces of bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical used in plastics production, are widely detected in our bodies and environment. Is this chemical, and its presence in the human body, safe? What is meant by safety? Who defines it, and according to what information? Is It Safe? narrates how the meaning of the safety of industrial chemicals has been historically produced by breakthroughs in environmental health research, which in turn trigger contests among trade associations, lawyers, politicians, and citizen activists to set new regulatory standards. Drawing on archival research and extensive interviews, author Sarah Vogel explores the roots of the contemporary debate over the safety of BPA, and the concerns presented by its estrogen-like effects even at low doses. Ultimately, she contends that science alone cannot resolve the political and economic conflicts at play in the definition of safety. To strike a sustainable balance between the interests of commerce and public health requires recognition that powerful interests will always try to shape the criteria for defining safety, and that the agenda for environmental health research should be protected from capture by any single interest group.

Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A

Author: Pinar Erkekoglu

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2017-06-07

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9535132172

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic compound for hardening and clearing polycarbonate plastics. BPA is mainly classified as an estrogen-like endocrine-disrupting chemical. In the last decade, attention has arisen in scientific communities that it is not safe to use this chemical in mainly polycarbonate plastics. Exposure to BPA starts in prenatal period, which is the critical period for its toxic effects on different organs. Throughout this book, the readers will obtain information on the effects of BPA on different systems. They will also get information on the prenatal and postnatal effects of BPA. We believe that readers will get qualified scientific knowledge and a general overview of the toxic effects of BPA exposure and its consequences from this book.

Bisphenol A and Phthalates
Bisphenol A and Phthalates

Author: Bradley C. Vaughn

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781607417019

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Bisphenol A is a difunctional building block of several important plastics and plastic additives. Suspected of being hazardous to humans since the 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008 after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, causing some retailers to remove products made of it from their shelves. Additionally, phthalates, are esters of phthalic acid and are mainly used as plasticisers (substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity). They are primarily used to soften polyvinyl chloride. This book examines both bisphenol A and phthalates discussing and presenting numerous topical and related data on these compounds and their uses, health effects and environmental risks.

Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A

Author: Natalie R Gassman

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1839166509

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high production volume endocrine-disrupting chemical present in numerous consumer products. Extensive use of BPA has led to wide-spread contamination in the air, soil, and water, leading to ubiquitous human exposure. Research into BPA has grown exponentially over the past ten years, with numerous modes of action being identified that impact human health and disease development. While BPA has estrogenic effects, emerging literature has identified several non-receptor mediated modes of action, such as epigenetic reprogramming, that can affect the long-term health of the population. This book highlights the multiple modes of action BPA can use to reprogram cells genetically and metabolically. By compiling critical studies in BPA and outlining the connections and disparities in the literature to build a broader understanding of this complex endocrine-disrupting chemical and its impact on the environment and human health, this book is an ideal resource for postgraduates and researchers in a range of disciplines from toxicology to epigenetics and cancer epidemiology.

Potential Human Reproductive and Development Effects of Bisphenol A
Potential Human Reproductive and Development Effects of Bisphenol A

Author: Michael D. Shelby

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1437928420

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The Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) conducted an evaluation of the potential for Bisphenol A to cause adverse effects on reproduction and development in humans. Bisphenol A is a high production volume chemical used primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins, both of which are used in some food and drink containers. CERHR selected it for evaluation because of the: Widespread human exposure; Public concern for possible health effects from human exposures; High production volume; and Evidence of reproductive and developmental toxicity in laboratory animal studies. This monograph includes a Brief on Bisphenol A and the Expert Panel Report on Bisphenol A. Charts and tables.

Bisphenol A (BPA) in Plastics and Possible Human Health Effects
Bisphenol A (BPA) in Plastics and Possible Human Health Effects

Author: Linda-Jo Schierow

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 1437938868

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is used to produce certain types of plastic that are used in thousands of formulations for myriad products. Containers made with these plastics may expose people to small amounts of BPA in food and water. Medical devices and other more ubiquitous products, such as thermal paper coatings, also may contribute significantly to human exposure. Some animal experiments have found that fetal and infant development may be harmed by small amounts of BPA. Contents of this report: Health Effects; Human Exposure; Fed. BPA Regulations; Events Surrounding the Current Controversy: Nat. Toxicology Program; FDA; State Gov¿t. Actions; Foreign Gov¿t. Actions; Private Sector Actions. A print on demand report.

Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution
Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution

Author: Khursheed Ahmad Wani

Publisher: IGI Global, Engineering Science Reference

Published: 2019-06-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781522594529

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"This book examines the negative impacts of plastic and explores different biotechnological interventions to plastic pollution. It also generates an awareness of the use of plastics and its impact on the environment, human health, and other ecosystems"--

Synthesis and Characterization of Oligomers
Synthesis and Characterization of Oligomers

Author: Constantin V. Uglea

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1991-07-24

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780849349546

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This book provides an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of oligomer chemistry. Each section describes the synthesis, separation, physico-chemical characterization, and present and future applications of individual classes of oligomers organized according to the chemical structure of the main chain. In addition, this book features up-to-date references from both journals and patents and an extensive appendix covering synthesis and characterization methods of oligomeric derivatives. Synthesis and Characterization of Oligomers is a broad, state-of-the-art survey and will be useful not only for students and professionals working with oligomers, but also chemists who are new to the field.