Drinking From Plasetic Bottles Raises BPA Levels by 70 PercentBPA, an industrial chemical that makes plastics hard and transparent, is widely used in plastic drinking bottles, infant bottles and other consumer products, and also in resins that line cans of food and infant formula. The chemical has been shown to disrupt the hormonal system, potentially leading to reproductive defects as well as brain damage, cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. The study, conducted on 77 student volunteers, was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. A number of major retailers, including Toys R' Us, Wal-Mart, Nalgene,
Gerber, Playtex and others, have agreed to phase out the chemical in
some countries. The Environmental Working Group has published a guide to
BPA-free baby bottles and formulas, which can be found at
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