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Recent reports link BPA to impotence in men. But this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of the alleged harmful substance. Bisphenol (BPA) is a chemical in many plastics and cans, so widely used by consumers that most Americans have been exposed.
The chemical is at the heart of worldwide scientific investigation and a debate over whether it is harmful to the very young. The FDA deemed BPA safe as currently used. However, many question that ruling as it relies on two studies funded by a trade organization representing BPA manufacturers.
But the National Toxicology Program suggests BPA causes brain damage and behavioral abnormalities in infants and children. Another study shows that adults with high urinary BPA levels are more likely to develop diabetes and diseases of the heart and liver.
A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods finds measurable levels of BPA, across a range of foods, including some actually labeled "BPA free." It’s believed children eating multiple servings of some of the tested food could get doses of BPA "near levels that have caused adverse effects in several animal studies.” This is according to the survey released by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization that publishes Consumer Reports.
Several major retail chains have removed items containing BPA from their shelves. Six manufacturers of baby bottles agreed to stop selling bottles containing BPA in the U.S. Canada now forbids use of the chemical in baby bottles, and Connecticut, Minnesota, the city of Chicago and Suffolk County, New York, have banned baby bottles and sippy cups made with BPA.
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