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BPA Plastic (Bisphenol A) Back in the News

Posted on September 09, 2008

Like a tired song that never should have made it into the Top 10, bisphenol A, an estrogenic additive in polycarbonate plastic, once again is headlining health news. This time, the hubbub centers around a statement from the National Toxicology Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, stating that there remains ... concern [that BPA may cause] problems in fetuses, babies and children, including breast or prostate cancer, early onset of female puberty, attention deficit disorder and other problems of the reproductive and neurological systems. The Associate Director o...

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alzheimers , attention deficit disorder , cancer , children , diabetes , obesity , prostate
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