Chemical in plastic linked to human heart disease, diabetes

[The Straight Story]

FDA backs BPA as study links it to heart disease, diabetes

For the first time, a large, population-based study links a chemical in plastic baby bottles to heart disease and diabetes in humans.

Some scientists say the study — released today to coincide with a Food and Drug Administration meeting— shows that bisphenol A, or BPA, is too dangerous to allow in consumer products, especially those used by babies and pregnant women.

U.S. government regulators on Tuesday defended their assessment that BPA is safe.

"A margin of safety exists that is adequate to protect consumers, including infants and children, at the current levels of exposure," Laura Tarantino, a senior Food and Drug Administration scientist, told an expert panel that has been asked for a second opinion on the agency's assessment of BPA.

FDA officials said they are not dismissing such findings, and conceded that further research is needed. "We recognize the need to resolve the concerning questions that have been raised," said Tarantino. But the FDA is arguing that the studies with rats and mice it relied on for its assessment are more thorough than some of the human research that has raised doubts.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-16-bpa-heart_N.htm

[old mark]

1. I am wondering, since we are taking in "safe" levels of so many

toxic chemicals how this is acting in combination.
Every synthetic fabric in your home or office - carpets, upholstery fabric, plastic pipes, plastic insulation material, cleaning products, as well as every single item in your home and workplace made of plastic can be giving off gasses you are breathing with unknown combined effect.

Eliminating even one source of this is a good thing. Thanks for thei post. Recommended.

mark

[The Straight Story]

2. No plastic in bars!

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