http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin (TBT) – which was used in marine antifouling paints and is used as an antifungal agent in some paints, certain plastics and a variety of consumer products – can lead to obesity for multiple generations without subsequent exposure, a UC Irvine study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fetal-exposure-tributyltin-linked-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:42:02 EST news278268114 Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin – which is used in marine hull paint and PVC plastic – can lead to obesity for multiple generations without subsequent exposure, a UC Irvine study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fetal-exposure-pvc-plastic-chemical.html Health Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:08 EST news277404251