Common plastics chemical linked to human diseases

Sep 18, 2008 00:08

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSLF18683220080916

... Using government health data, they found that the 25 percent of people with the highest levels of bisphenol A in their bodies were more than twice as likely to have heart disease and, or diabetes compared to the 25 percent of with the lowest levels.

"Most of these findings are in keeping with what has been found in animal models," Iain Lang, a researcher at the University of Exeter in Britain who worked on the study, told a news conference.

"This is the first ever study (of this kind) that has been in the general population," Lang said.

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your nalgene and baby milk bottles may not be as safe after all. dats y i think using leftover PET drinks bottle for a few days or weeks then discard is better. overall best if glass or metal.

but BPA is so common....
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