Please note: This website has recently moved from www.health.gov to odphp.health.gov. www.health.gov is now the official website of ODPHP’s parent organization, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). Please update your bookmarks for easy access to all our resources. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce exposure to bisphenol A — EH‑10

Status: Baseline only

  
Baseline only
Learn more about our data release schedule

Most Recent Data:
5.30 micrograms per gram (µg/g) (2015-16)

Target:
0.72 µg/g 1

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
5.30 micrograms per gram (µg/g) was the concentration level of bisphenol A (creatinine corrected) in urine samples at which 95 percent of the population aged 3 years and over was at or below in 2015-16 2

See detailed data for this objective

Reduce exposure to bisphenol A in the population, as measured by blood or urine concentrations of the substance or its metabolites

Target-Setting Method
Projection

Data Source:  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

Learn more about data measurement for this objective

Summary

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical found in many products, like car parts, plastic dinnerware, eyeglasses, toys, and some food containers. A report on the published research about BPA found “some concern” about its effects on the brain, behavior, and the prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and children. Because exposure is common, monitoring BPA levels in blood or urine is important for learning if BPA is linked to any negative health effects.

Topic:  Environmental Health

Workgroup: Environmental Health Workgroup

Other objectives you may be interested in

Browse all Healthy People 2030 objectives

1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.