Archive for the Plastic

THE CONCERN: The Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization based in Washington DC, recently reported that there is bisphenol-A (BPA) in the liners of baby formula cans from some of the country’s top selling manufacturers.
IN ANIMAL STUDIES BPA LINKED TO: Abnormal puberty changes, fertility difficulties, obesity, altered immune function, learning problems, and cancer.
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THE LOWDOWN: […]

Even though I have been thinking about suspicious chemicals in plastic for a couple of years now, I have never systematically purged my home of all these hormone mimickers (see my October 24th and October 30th posts about the effects of phthalates and bisphenol A on our children’s health). Recently, to make certain I have […]

Although the effects of bisphenol A are not understood as well as those of phthalates, there is enough evidence to raise an alarm. Some countries, like Japan, have already banned its use.
First devised as a sex hormone drug in 1936, chemists realized bisphenol A could be used to make polycarbonate in 1962.
Study – bisphenol A […]

When my husband travels for business he gets the opportunity to watch HBO in his hotel room. Recently he told me about an interesting scenario in the new HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. Evidently the couple in the throes of raising children has a daughter who gets her period for the first time […]