Guest guest Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 At 04:27 PM 3/6/07, you wrote: >The Knights Who Say NIH >Health agency reviews bisphenol A safety as controversy swirls > >Ignoring the news about bisphenol A? Time to pay attention, cuz the >plastic resin is used in everyday products from baby bottles to canned >goods and linked to a host of health problems. And with the National >Institutes of Health reviewing the safety of BPA this week, a maelstrom is >brewing: a major player in the NIH study, Sciences International, is a >consultant that has counted BPA makers including Dow Chemical among its >clients. The firm issued a report for NIH that some scientists say >embraces the industry view that low doses of BPA have no health effects. >Of course, that whole " low-dose " thing may be moot: a new study from the >Environmental Working Group found levels of BPA in some canned foods as >high as 200 times the acceptable level. " This is one of the highest-volume >produced chemicals in the world, " says Fredrick vom Saal, a Missouri >biology professor and BPA researcher. " It's in everybody's bodies, and >it's a very potent sex hormone. It's just nuts that it's being used the >way it is. " > >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] > >straight to the source: The Star-Ledger, Amy Ellis Nutt, 06 Mar 2007 > >straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Marla Cone, 04 Mar 2007 > >straight to the source: Columbia Tribune, Jacob Luecke, 04 Mar 2007 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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