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Plasticizers

Fruits and vegetables are often wrapped in plastics containing chemicals harmful to human health

A new study highlights the urgent need to regulate phthalates in plastic

Health & Medicine

A new meta-study correlates phthalates in plastics with numerous health disorders, including obesity, male and female reproduction problems and mental health troubles.

Link found between common chemicals and breast cancer

Health & Medicine
The World

Are IV Bags Hazardous to Your Health

The World

Phthalates in Plastics

Low Dose Makes the Poison

Defending BPA

As lawmakers from California to Capitol Hill consider banning uses of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A, industries that put the chemical in food and beverage cans are strategizing how to assure the public it’s safe.

The World

War of the Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration says there’s not enough evidence to merit regulating bisphenol A- but members of the scientific community disagree.

BPA Update

New research shows further human health effects of the petrochemical bisphenol A, widely used in food containers and clear plastics.

The World

Bisphenol A on the Burner

A growing body of research points the finger at Bisphenol A, an endocrine-disrupting chemical compound, but will policymakers heed the science?

New Studies Link Asthma, Prostate Cancer to Toxic Chemicals

Tiny amounts of chemicals in the plastic used to make most sports water bottles and the lining of some food cans could interfere with prostate cancer treatment. That’s the finding of a new study that looks at the effects of Bisphenol A, a chemical commonl