Debate Rages On About Plastic Chemical Bisphenol A: Is It Toxic or Safe?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The bad news about the controversial plastic chemical bisphenol A just keeps coming. Results from the first-ever study of the chemical conducted exclusively on humans instead of lab rats found a link between the chemical and an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Critics of bisphenol A -also called BPA and commonly used to make baby bottle, refillable water bottles, and other hard plastics shatterproof -- claim the time has come for the government to ban BPA. For years, there has been talk of a link between BPA and reproductive problems in bottle-fed children. But the U.S. Food and…Continue » Posted in Toxic Exposure