Four New Reasons to Avoid Bisphenol A

[BridgeTheGap]

Check your plastic water bottle and cut down your canned-food consumption: The chemical bisphenol A, better known as BPA, may be even more pervasive and dangerous than scientists thought. Science News reports on several new studies that point to further harmful health effects. Here’s a rundown of the findings:

Pregnant mice exposed to BPA suffered an irreversible change in one of the “master regulatory genes” of fertility, suggesting the same may happen to humans.

Rat hearts exposed to BPA along with estrogen were more prone to life-threatening arrhythmia, pointing to an elevated danger for premenopausal women.

A study of Harvard undergraduates found that students drinking out of polycarbonate bottles showed a much more immediate rise in BPA than expected.

http://www.utne.com/Environment/Four-New-Reasons-to-Avo...

[Gman2]

1. That is what is killing me.

I have heart failure and arrythmia. I got it cuz Bush lied for years obout it. They give chem, mfgs. five years to report any negaqtive findings. They are fucking ghouls. Then, no dis. No welfare. No healthcare. No compassion. No shit.

[truedelphi]

8. I am convinced that the "estrogen mimickers" found in things like

Some plastics and other oil refinerey end products can contamiante our endocrine systems to the point that we become obese.

But now the health care "reformers' want us to clean up our habits. But even with cleaning up their bad habits, people are still sick. (Most Americans do not live on a steady diet of butter nad red meat as our people did forty yuears ago.)

But the health statistics show us we are in trouble. So, if it is industry that is really at the base of so many health complaints, shouldn't we demnd that industry cleanup its bad habits first?

[Why Syzygy]

2. k/r

Set the rec counter back to "0". Unbelievable that people want to unrec legitimate health care information.

#1 . speaking of "ghouls" ... Not that far away from where you sit I'm afraid.

[truedelphi]

3. I think that certain DU'ers names are on a master list

And that perhaps automatically, eight unrec's go in after they post a topic. Any topic.

[Celebration]

4. Scary

Big safety issue............sperm counts, etc.

[Quantess]

5. #3 and #7 are the plastic bottles to avoid.

[BadgerKid]

6. Avoid #3, #6, and (some) #7. (link)

http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/schoolyouth/BPA.html

[glitch]

7. Hmm, could it be, could it really be, that the regulatory agencies ARE BACK?