In one of the first studies to investigate levels of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in canned food, Harvard researchers have recorded unexpectedly high levels of the plastics additive from tinned soups, prompting a warning for consumers of those products. The new findings, appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show a more […]
Concerns over the gender-bending effects of plastic food packaging may be overstated, according to a new study in the Environmental Science & Technology. Measuring Bisphenol A (BPA) levels in a range of canned and plastic-wrapped foodstuffs, scientists found amounts that were almost 1,000 times lower than the “tolerable daily intake” levels set by the Environmental […]
Low-level exposure in the womb to the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) can harm testicular function into adulthood, according to a new study from Auburn University that adds to the growing list of concerns about the ubiquitous chemical. The results were presented yesterday at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting. “We are seeing changes in […]
Scientists from Yale have shown how exposure to the ubiquitous chemical bisphenol A (BPA) induces epigenetic changes in pregnant mice that trigger hormonal imbalances in the later life of female offspring. BPA is an estrogen-like chemical that is a common component of plastics used to contain food. It is also used in baby bottles, refillable […]
A groundbreaking study into Bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure amongst Chinese factory workers has found that men working in environments where the chemical was present had quadruple the risk of erectile dysfunction and seven times more risk of ejaculation difficulty. This is the first study to look at the effect of BPA on the male reproductive system […]
\ As well as its already documented effects on fetuses in the womb, widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has been found to retard the growth of follicles of adult mice and significantly alter their production of steroid hormones. This new study, to be presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, is the […]
In animal studies, exposure to bisphenol A (BPA – a common chemical found in many plastic household items) during pregnancy is known to cause fertility defects in the offspring, and now researchers have told The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington how those defects occur. The new findings join a growing body of animal […]
In the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the UK report a significant relationship between urine concentrations of the environmental estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and liver-enzyme abnormalities. Used in the manufacture of plastic consumer products such as baby […]
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have discovered that polycarbonate plastic bottles, when exposed to hot liquids, release potentially hazardous amounts of the hormonal disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA). Cincinnati’s Scott Belcher found that when new and used polycarbonate drinking bottles were exposed to boiling hot water, BPA was released 55 times more rapidly than before […]
Baby feeding bottles and other everday plastic items could be causing serious harm, says researcher Frederick vom Saal. He believes that Bisphenol-A (BPA), a man-made chemical used to manufacture polycarbonate products such as hard plastic baby bottles and food storage containers, is extremely harmful. Professor vom Saal, from the University of Missouri-Columbia, compiled the first […]
