Health

By Lynne Peeples, Huffington Post

The modern lifestyle of super-sized french fries and couch potatoes often takes the blame for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes in the U.S. -- perhaps rightly so. But growing evidence suggests another factor in the dual epidemics: modern chemicals.

From the Grocer

Researchers found consumers who ate canned soup showed a sharp increase in exposure to Bisphenol-A, a chemical linked to health issues including heart disease. The compound, commonly known as BPA, is used in some plastics and the coatings on the inside ... Read More.

By Simina Mistreanu, The Columbia Missourian

Vom Saal has researched the effects of industrial chemicals, such as bisphenol A, which acts as an endocrine disruptor, that can enter the human body and mimic hormones. Low levels of endocrine disruptors can be found in household goods and the ... Read More.

By Sarah Jane Tribble, Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- We've all seen the labels: "BPA-free." They are most frequently found on water and baby bottles, and in formula and other infant supplies. When you carefully reach for and pay extra for such products, you might feel confident that ...Read More.

From Vindy.com

Q. I was alarmed to read that eating canned soup can raise body levels of BPA. If this is true for canned soups, wouldn't it follow that other canned foods would pose the same problem? A. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a component in clear hard plastics and the ...Read More.

By Stephen Neese, Environmental Health News

Bisphenol-A contaminates a wide range of paper products, providing another source of human exposure to this chemical. Bisphenol-A (BPA) seems impossible to avoid. It contaminates food, thermal receipts and drinks served in certain plastic bottles. ... Read More.

By Dayna Nadine Scott, The Globe and Mail

Did you breathe a sigh of relief when Canada became the first jurisdiction in the world to declare bisphenol A (commonly known as BPA) toxic in 2010? Or when it banned the chemical in baby bottles, prompting many manufacturers to remove it from their ...Read More.

Press Release, PRWeb

The lavish expansions of polycarbonate manufacture volumes in Asia and mostly so in China and robust demand from polycarbonate resins are the major driving forces of the bisphenol-A demand. Detailed analytical review of the bisphenol-A market is the ... Read More.

By Ben Bouckley, Food Production Daily

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says that it believes the bisphenol A(BPA) brominate Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is safe, and does not hinder processes such as human reproduction or embryo development. TBBPA is principally used as a ... Read More.

By Jenni Spinner

Bisphenol A toys with the female heart, a new study finds. And under the right conditions, its authors worry, this near-ubiquitous pollutant might even prove deadly. BPAis a building block of clear hard plastics, dental sealants and the resins lining ... Read More.