August 27, 2025 - With the growing awareness of the health concerns of BPA, it has been replaced with other structurally similar bisphenols such as bisphenol S (BPS, CAS 80-09-1), bisphenol F (BPF, CAS 620-92-8), which have a similar functionality and prevent ...

December 17, 2025 - The researchers specifically tested ... and young children. The team showed that some of the BPA alternatives were actually more potent than BPA itself in activating the estrogen receptor....

March 5, 2024 - Walking down any aisle in a supermarket, “BPA-free” labels declare food, water bottles, sippy cups, and other products to be clear of bisphenol A (BPA)—a chemical used in plastic and as a liner in food cans. Serious health concerns linked to BPA prompted manufacturers to synthesize dozens of chemical substitutes that are now incorporated into thousands of products.

November 18, 2024 - A study by Professor José Villalaín of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain, published in the Journal of Xenobiotics, reveals that bisphenol analogs BPF and BPS, used as safer alternatives to BPA, may still pose health risks.

November 22, 2024 - Chan School of Public Health. In an opinion piece published December 15, 2016 in The Washington Post, he wrote that BPA may simply have been swapped for BPS, or bisphenol-S, a similar chemical thought to be even more harmful to children’s health.

May 27, 2025 - In many cases, it just means BPA was swapped for something equally concerning, like BPS or BPF. When the pressure to remove BPA (Bisphenol A) hit hard in the early 2000s, thanks to growing evidence linking it to hormone disruption, infertility, ...

September 13, 2018 - Over the past decade, concerns ... use of the common plastic in many household items. In its place, they've turned to more than 50 "BPA-free" alternatives....

August 8, 2025 - When regulators started banning BPA, the plastics industry didn’t switch to safer options. They exploited a loophole. They rolled out chemical cousins like BPS and BPF, slapped on a “BPA-free” label, and kept selling the same risk—just rebranded. 👉 The kicker? These “alternatives” were tested even less than BPA.

August 6, 2024 - Research indicates chemicals used as alternatives to bisphenol A in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins aren’t always safer

October 3, 2025 - Our work provides important supporting ... ways that could have later impacts on reproductive health. In sum, BPS is not necessarily a safer alternative to BPA....

August 27, 2025 - And I argue that in many cases the current materials should not be banned until an alternative is shown as clearly better or overwhelmingly less bad (as in lower body count) - just to prevent expensive industry wide material replacement efforts that don’t do anything for anyone except investors. ... I assume you mean as a food additive? Titanium dioxide has… a lot of applications. ... Yes, but also don’t replace other stuff if the problem is mostly ingestion. ... This is old news. I remember like 5-10 years ago scientists were talking about all the BPA alternatives were just basically the same thing just not outlawed yet.

December 28, 2025 - Most BPA-free products replace bisphenol A with BPS, BPF, or BPAF, which research shows disrupt hormones in similar ways. The label tells you one chemical was removed, nothing more.

As consumers have demanded BPA be removed from their products, companies have replaced it with similar chemicals such as Bisphenol-S and Bisphenol-F. Even though these specific chemicals haven’t been as widely studied as BPA, the research ...

July 25, 2019 - In 2008, consumers began to ditch the popular Nalgene water bottle over concerns about bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical that could leach from it and cause changes to the body’s hormonal system. The public health concerns were so striking that Nalgene reformulated the plastics in its flagship product.

2 weeks ago - But here is what the label does not tell you: the chemical that replaced BPA in that bottle is often just as harmful. Studies show that BPA substitutes like BPS and BPF have the same endocrine disrupting effects as the chemical they replaced.

July 15, 2022 - And opt for glass or steel containers rather than lined aluminum cans whenever possible. For regulators, Rochester says there's no time to waste in making moves away from BPA alternatives.

Bisphenol A (BPA), the main bisphenol, exhibits many unwanted effects. BPA has, currently, been replaced with bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS) in many applications in the hope that these molecules have a lesser effect on metabolism than BPA.

September 30, 2019 - While food and beverage industry heavyweights like General Mills, Campbell’s, and Del Monte don’t acknowledge that BPA may be unsafe, they have responded to consumer demand and are gradually shifting to BPA-free lined cans and products.

October 16, 2020 - Research has shown effects that are very similar to those of BPA. According to the EPA, BPA alternatives may actually be more potent than BPA itself.

March 5, 2026 - In fact, early research is showing that some BPA alternatives may be even worse than BPA! These are what we call “regrettable substitutions,” (And unfortunately, it happens all of the time in the world of synthetic chemicals.