Here are some medical problems that low amounts of bisphenol A have been suspected to be associated with: the early onset of puberty, declining sperm counts, and the huge increase in breast and prostate cancer, among other ailments.
Bisphenol A is used to make the resins that line most tin cans, dental sealants, car parts, microwaveable plastics, sports helmets and CDs. Government scientists classified bisphenol A as "inherently toxic."
About 90 per cent of studies by independent researchers over the past decade, numbering about 150, have found adverse effects, ranging from enlarged prostates to abnormal breast tissue growth.
Not too surprisingly researchers for companies that use bisphenol A in their products failed to find evidence of adverse effects.
Bisphenol A has been used in increasing amounts since the 1950s in food and beverage containers because it doesn't impart a plastic-like taste, although traces leach out. Plastics that use it are often identified by an industry triangle symbol and the number seven.
You will probably hear much more about this toxin in the months and years ahead. According to some scientists, Bisphenol A has the potential to be as dangerous as the cancer causing nicotine in tobacco, or the health risks of trans fats in food.
Not surprisingly, the manufacturers of plastics and cans state that their research finds no harmful relationship between bisphenol A and health while about 90% of independent and academic research over the last decade have found harmful effects. The FDA cites 2 articles on the safety of bisphenol-A. Both were industry sponsored.
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