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Rhonda emphasizes how her scientific background influences her parenting style—particularly her vigilance regarding chemical exposures. She shares her concern about BPA (bisphenol A), particularly in plastic bottles, noting experiments that show heat increases BPA leaching into liquids by up to 55-fold. This leads her to scrutinize everyday items like coffee cup linings and fast-food packaging, contemplating the subtle endocrine-disrupting effects of chemical leachates. She points out that BPA and its alternatives can interfere with hormones and reproduction, especially during fetal development.