Determination of metabolites of the epoxy resin component bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) in human urine using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) is used as an epoxy resin component in numerous applications in industry and the consumer sector. Its use for inner coatings of food and beverage cans poses a source for BADGE exposure in the general population since migration of BADGE or its derivatives from coatings into food item...