Latest Bisphenol A Stories

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Roughly 9 out of 10 Americans are walking around with a highly toxic synthetic chemical surging through their systems. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a petroleum-based chemical that is widely used in the production of plastic products such as bottles, food can linings and water supply lines. And as these plastics degrade over time, humans ingest more and more BPA. Less than 3 months ago, the FDA acted upon evidence found in several studies...

Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen-like compound that has drawn increased scrutiny in recent years, has been linked to changes in thyroid hormone levels in pregnant women and newborn boys, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Normal thyroid function is essential to the healthy growth and cognitive development of fetuses and children. Yet, until this study, to be published Thursday, Oct. 4, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, little...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the release of Health Canada's Updated Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure from Food Sources, which found that that BPA is safe for use in food-contact materials, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has issued the following statement: "Health Canada's announcement today once again confirms that BPA is safe for use in food-contact materials," said Steven G. Hentges, Ph.D. of ACC's Polycarbonate/BPA Global...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online New research blames urinary bisphenol A (BPA) as an alleged associate to child and adolescent obesity. BPA is a synthetic chemical banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from sippy cups and baby bottles, but not aluminum cans. The authors suggest in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that BPA may have a link between obesity and children. "This is the first association of an environmental...

Authors' own conclusions state "causation cannot be inferred;" Association between childhood obesity and BPA is speculative at best WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement in response to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by Leonardo Trasande, M.D., New York University, et al, and scheduled to be discussed at a media briefing on Tuesday, September 18. The following...

DALLAS, September 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Global Epoxy Resin Market by Application & Geography - Market Estimates up to 2017" defines and segments the global epoxy resins market with analysis and forecasting of the global volume and revenue for epoxy resins. It also identifies driving and restraining factors for the global epoxy resins market with analysis of trends, opportunities, burning issues, winning imperatives and challenges. The market is segmented and...

A research team from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, and University of Cambridge has for the first time established a link between high levels of urinary Bisphenol-A (BPA) and severe coronary artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries). The study is published in PLoS ONE today, 15th August 2012. The team analysed data from 591 patients who participated in the Metabonomics and Genomics Coronary Artery Disease (MaGiCAD) study in...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New filings in federal court hardened battle lines between cutting-edge Austin-based CertiChem and PlastiPure - safety-based testing and solutions companies, respectively - and Eastman Chemical Company, manufacturer of chemicals and plastics reporting over $7 billion in annual revenue. The action, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Civ. Action No. 1:12-CV-57), was brought by Eastman Chemical against the two...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online “You are what you eat.” The age-old adage makes people do a double take on the products they consume and use. With this theme in mind, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it would no longer allow bisphenol A, otherwise known as BPA, to be used in baby bottles and children’s drinking cups. In the past, BPA has been found in plastic bottles and food packaging. It is a chemical found to be similar...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers recently found that children who receive dental fillings made of bisphenol-A (BPA), a plastics chemical, could have behavioral changes that are small but be significant over a long period of time. In the study, researchers examined 534 children in New England who had fillings for a minimum of two cavities. They looked at their social skills as part of the New England Children’s Amalgam Trial (NECAT) before the fillings...