Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: plastics industry http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Chemical exposure at work is putting Scottish plastic workers at risk of breast cancer A new study published in the journal New Solutions presents strong evidence that women employed in the plastics industry are exposed to workplace chemicals that can increase their risk of breast cancer and reproductive abnormalities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-chemical-exposure-scottish-plastic-workers.html Health Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:20:08 EST news274097961 First study to show that bisphenol A exposure increases risk of future onset of heart disease Bisphenol A (BPA) is a controversial chemical widely used in the plastics industry. A new study followed people over a 10-year time period and shows that healthy people with higher urine concentrations of BPA were more likely to later develop heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bisphenol-exposure-future-onset-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:43 EST news249213630