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Study is based on data collected from human adults and matches urine concentrations of
an class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and liver enzyme problems (p. 14)Published: October 11th, 2008; Vol.174 #8Found in: Body & Brain and Science & Society -
an class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a’s ‘twin’ may be more potent at perturbing estrogen signals. (p. 14)Published: June 5th, 2010; Vol.177 #12Found in: Chemistry and Environment -
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an class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a — a building block of hard, clear plastics that taints many foods — with new adverse health effects.Published: 2009-06-10 19:17:45Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry and Science & Society -
Recent research finds that the hormone mimic may be more prevalent and more harmful than previously thought, highlighting why BPa is a growing worry for policy makers. (p. 5)Published: July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society -
Home / News / August 28th, 2010; Vol.178 #5 / Receipts a large — and largely ignored — source of BPAa host of small studies raises a big alarm about exposure to a hormone-mimicking chemical. (p. 5)Published: August 28th, 2010; Vol.178 #5Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Molecules, Science & Society and Technology -
Consumers who switched from polycarbonate-plastic water bottles to metal ones in hopes of avoiding the risk thatan class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a will leach into their beverages aren’t necessarily any better off, a new study finds. Some metal water bottles leach even more BPa — an estrogen-mimicking pollutant — than do ones made from the now-pariah plastic.Published: 2011-07-11 17:15:47Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society -
Study is based on data collected from human adults and matches urine concentrations of the plastics chemical with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and liver enzyme problemsPublished: 2008-09-16 08:58:56Found in: Body & Brain and Science & Society
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Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : BPA: EPA hasn’t identified a safer alternative for thermal paperSome researchers and public interest groups have been arguing that BPafree thermal receipts paper is a preferable alternative, at least from a health perspective. But is it really? That’s what Environmental Protection agency scientists want to know. and to date, they maintain, the jury’s still out.Published: 2010-11-16 18:32:12Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Science & Society and Technology -
The chemicalan class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a may raise the risk of heart attacks and type 2 diabetes by suppressing a protective hormone. (p. 15)Published: September 13th, 2008; Vol.174 #6Found in: Biomedicine, Body & Brain, Chemistry and Environment -
Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Cashiers may face special risks from BPA“People working at places that use thermal paper can have continual contact with
an class="highlighted">bisphenol an> a. and if they knew, I think they would be horrified,” notes Koni Grob, an analytical chemist with an official government food laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland. He’s describing the thermal paper commonly used throughout Europe and North america to print store receipts.Published: 2010-08-02 17:32:30Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry, Environment, Science & Society and Technology
