But do you know what it means orwhycompanies are touting it so loudly on their products?

The labels are there to tell you that the products in question are “safer.”

So what does this mean for our hormonal health?

Empty plastic bottles

In fact, studies show that BPA causes altered brain development, obesity, and reproductive abnormalities.

This suggests that it is toxic to the human body.

Meanwhile, even plastics that donotcontain BPA can also be potentially harmful.

Plastic containers stacked in a cabinet

After those processes happened, a whopping 95 percent of the products released estrogen-like chemicals.

Sometimes the BPA-free products released even more estrogen-like chemicals that those with BPA.