Exposure to common chemical may be harmful

ABC News ^ | 8-2-07 | Liz Szabo

[Bladerunnuh]

Government tests have found bisphenol A — used in plastic baby bottles, dental sealants and linings of metal cans — in 95% of people studied.

While scientists haven't yet conducted definitive studies in people, animal tests have linked bisphenol A — which acts like a hormone — to problems such as obesity, early puberty, hyperactivity, and abnormal sexual behavior and reproductive cycles.

In their joint statement, however, scientists say they took

[epluribus_2]

abnormal s*&^% behavior - well relax, these days that probably just means a judeochristian, monogamous, hetero relationship that lasts for life.

[libertarian27]

“”Government tests have found bisphenol A — used in plastic baby bottles, dental sealants and linings of metal cans — in 95% of people studied.””

Oh, Goody, another sector of society to tax.
Playtex Tax
Polident Tax
DelMonte Tax

[epluribus_2]

Fine print - this compound made by exclusive contract by (queue screams) HALLIBURTON!!! (just kidding)

[70times7]

tests have linked bisphenol A — which acts like a hormone — to problems such as obesity, early puberty, hyperactivity, and abnormal sexual behavior and reproductive cycles.

Nonsense! I'm a healthy 10 year old who has been exposed to this chemical for all of my life. Now if you will all excuse me I must squeeze through this door to go have lunch, shave, drop a kid, run in circles and have sex with a large kitchen appliance.

[dalereed]

“dihydrogen monoxide”

I very seldom drink it, do you know what fish and ducks do in it?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

It's part of the larger problem of endocrine disrupters, which come from a variety of sources such as plastics that mimic estrogen, phytoestrogens such as in soy, ethinyl estradiol in wastewater treatment effluent, etc.

This may be contributing to the substantial drop in testosterone in men from Massachusetts (http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/1/196)...

...and may explain certain Democrat politicians:

[bert]

yep

[perseid 67]

I will state the obvious. This is connected to the increase in the number of people who are becoming fat.