News tagged with 'Baby Bottles'

BPA exposed factory workers in China experienced a nearly four-fold increased risk of reduced sexual desire, a greater than four-fold increased risk of erection difficulty, and more than seven-fold increased risk of ejaculation difficulty, in this first look at how the plasticizer may be impacting human health.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will devote $30 million over two years to study the safety of bisphenol A, an estrogen-like chemical used in many plastics including baby bottles.

In this Harvard study, 77 students drank cold water from stainless steel bottles made without BPA.  The following week they drank water from plastic bottles made from BPA, a plasticizer, and a 69 percent increase in the chemical was found in their urine. This study confirms for the first time the endocrine disruptor leaches into humans. 

Dr. Martin Philbert heads an FDA expert panel about to make a pivotal ruling about the safety of the bisphenol A- the plasticizer found in baby bottles and consumer products. The FDA and Congress is looking into why he failed to disclose a $5 million donation from industry.