Medical Group Calls for Cutting Use of BPA

TruthOut, USA Today by Liz Szabo | Jun. 11, 2009 (News Report)

Hormone-like chemicals in plastics, pesticides and other products pose "significant concern for public health," possibly causing infertility, cancer and malformations, a medical society announced Wednesday. Full Story »

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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 13, 2009

Good introduction to the problem of BPA in plastics and other products. Appropriate to the lay reader.

I would have preferred inclusion of other bisphenols and their ubiquity in cosmetics, soaps, detergents, etc., etc., etc. I suggest not using products that contain an ingredient named only as "fragrance."

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