Bisphenol A, also commonly referred to as BPA, is an organic chemical which is the essential basic building block (intermediate) for high performance polymer plastics and coatings, mainly polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins.
End-user applications of BPA-based polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins are numerous and diverse, ranging from DVDs, computers and home appliances, to spectacles and optical lenses, baby and reusable water bottles, medical equipment and construction materials, paints, as well as in linings for food and drink cans and many more. A very small quantity of Bisphenol A is used as component of antioxidant additive formulations in soft PVC and as developing agent in the coating of thermopaper.
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