Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe"
release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an
analysis by the Journal Sentinel has found. The newspaper had
the containers of 10 items tested in a lab - products that were
heated in a microwave or conventional oven. Bisphenol A, or BPA,
was found to be leaching from all of them. The amounts detected
were at levels that scientists have found cause neurological and
developmental damage in laboratory animals. The problems include
genital defects, behavioral changes and abnormal development of
mammary glands. The changes to the mammary glands were identical
to those observed in women at higher risk for breast cancer. The
newspaper's test results raise new questions about the chemical
and the safety of an entire inventory of plastic products
labeled as "microwave safe." BPA is a key ingredient in common
household plastics, including baby bottles and storage
containers. It has been found in 93% of Americans tested. The
newspaper tests als