BPA
English
Noun
BPA (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of bisphenol A.
- 2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 June 2025:
- “Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers. […] But over the past decade, BPA has largely been phased out and replaced with a different chemical, bisphenol S, or BPS.
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BPA
- Initialism of British Parking Association.
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French
Noun
BPA m (plural BPA)
- (organic chemistry) abbreviation of bisphénol A — BPA
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