News tagged with plastic bottles

BPA may affect the developing brain by disrupting gene regulation

Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, according ...

Medical research Feb 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (6) | 1 |

Combinations of estrogen-mimicking chemicals found to strongly distort hormone action

For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the body. In study after study, researchers have found links between these "xenoestrogens" and such problems as ...

Health Mar 28, 2013 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has rejected a petition from environmentalists that would have banned the plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned ...

Health Mar 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

France bans contested chemical BPA in food packaging

The French parliament voted Thursday to ban the use of bisphenol A, a chemical thought to have a toxic effect on the brain and nervous system, in baby food packaging next year and all food containers in 2015.

Health Dec 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Large human study links phthalates, BPA and thyroid hormone levels

A link between chemicals called phthalates and thyroid hormone levels was confirmed by the University of Michigan in the first large-scale and nationally representative study of phthalates and BPA in relation to thyroid function ...

Health Jul 11, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Environmental toxin Bisphenol A can affect newborn brain

Newborn mice that are exposed to Bisphenol A develop changes in their spontaneous behavior and evince poorer adaptation to new environments, as well hyperactivity as young adults. This has been shown by researchers at Uppsala ...

Health Oct 26, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 3