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Plastics chemical linked to heart disease, diabetes

Home / News / October 11th, 2008; Vol.174 #8 / Plastics chemical linked to heart disease, diabetes

Study is based on data collected from human adults and matches urine concentrations of an class="highlighted">bisphenolan> a with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and liver enzyme problems (p. 14)

Published: October 11th, 2008; Vol.174 #8
Found in: Body & Brain and Science & Society
Another plastics ingredient raises safety concerns

Home / News / June 5th, 2010; Vol.177 #12 / Another plastics ingredient raises safety concerns

an class="highlighted">bisphenolan> a’s ‘twin’ may be more potent at perturbing estrogen signals. (p. 14)

Published: June 5th, 2010; Vol.177 #12
Found in: Chemistry and Environment
Science & the Public : More troubling news about BPA

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : More troubling news about BPA

animal studies link an class="highlighted">bisphenolan> a — a building block of hard, clear plastics that taints many foods — with new adverse health effects.

Published: 2009-06-10 19:17:45
Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry and Science & Society
Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow

Home / News / July 18th, 2009; Vol.176 #2 / Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow

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 #2
Found in: Biomedicine, Chemistry, Environment and Science & Society
Receipts a large — and largely ignored — source of BPA

Home / News / August 28th, 2010; Vol.178 #5 / Receipts a large — and largely ignored — source of BPA

a host of small studies raises a big alarm about exposure to a hormone-mimicking chemical. (p. 5)

Published: August 28th, 2010; Vol.178 #5
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Molecules, Science & Society and Technology
Science & the Public : Metal water bottles may leach BPA

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : Metal water bottles may leach BPA

Consumers who switched from polycarbonate-plastic water bottles to metal ones in hopes of avoiding the risk that an class="highlighted">bisphenolan> 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 17:15:47
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Food Science and Science & Society
Study implicates bisphenol A in heart disease, diabetes

Home / News / Study implicates bisphenol A in heart disease, diabetes

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 problems

Published: 2008-09-16 08:58:56
Found in: Body & Brain and Science & Society
Science & the Public : BPA: EPA hasn’t identified a safer alternative for thermal paper

Home / Blogs / Science & the Public / Science & the Public : BPA: EPA hasn’t identified a safer alternative for thermal paper

Some 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 18:32:12
Found in: Chemistry, Environment, Science & Society and Technology
Popular plastics chemical poses further threat

Home / News / September 13th, 2008; Vol.174 #6 / Popular plastics chemical poses further threat

The chemical an class="highlighted">bisphenolan> 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 #6
Found in: Biomedicine, Body & Brain, Chemistry and Environment
Science & the Public : Cashiers may face special risks from BPA

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">bisphenolan> 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 17:32:30
Found in: Body & Brain, Chemistry, Environment, Science & Society and Technology

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