News tagged with 'Plasticizers'

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 FDA's case that bisphenol-A, a chemical found in food containers and other household products is safe, has been rejected as incomplete and unreliable by an international consortium of industry, academic and government scientists.

It is a mystery that will take 21 years to solve - how do solents, plastics, chemicals in our environment adversely affect children's health and disease. The NIH and CDC will examine more than 100,000 participants at 105 diverse sites around the country in this ambitious National Children's Health Study. 

Not waiting for the FDA to take any action on the plastic component BPA, three state Attorneys General have sent urgent letters to 11 manufacturers telling them to get the BPA out now. Bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor that may affect children and adults.

The largest scale study so far on the plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) in humans, has confirmed that the common product has a link to human health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. In this new study, British researchers found those with the highest levels of BPA, were twice as likely to have the diseases compared to the lowest level group.  Find out how to avoid it.