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> Example: look at what happened when BPAs harms became known. Manufacturers switched to using any of the other 40 chemicals in the same bisphenol family (BPS, etc) many of which had even worse safety profiles, while proudly proclaiming their products were "BPA free".

It's worse than that. I remember when some 10 years ago Johnson&Johnson baby bottles were banned in one market, they were still available in others, and the FAQ on their website said they do this because they don't believe BPA is harmful. It is only after the total ban in 2012 that they stopped doing this.



Except that most evidence support the safety of BPA...




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