TUESDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to bisphenol A
(BPA), a controversial chemical commonly used to make plastics,
increases a person's risk of developing heart disease later in
life, a new study suggests. People primarily are exposed to BPA
through packaged foods and drinks, but also may be exposed
through drinking water, dental sealants and inhaling household
dust. Over a 10-year period, researchers compared BPA levels in
758 people who were initially healthy but later developed heart
disease to levels in 861 people who did not develop the disease.
These subjects were part of a long-term population study led by
the University of Cambridge, in the U.K. The study found that
the subjects who developed heart disease had higher levels of
the chemical in their urine at the start of the study than those
who did not develop the disease. The researchers, from the
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, the University of
Exeter and the European Centre for the Environment and Human
Health, noted the fin