New Study Indicates Higher than Predicted Human Exposure to the
Toxic Chemical BPA Posted Sep 24 2010 7:04am COLUMBIA, Mo. –
Researchers have discovered that women, female monkeys and
female mice have major similarities when it comes to how
bisphenol A (BPA) is metabolized, and they have renewed their
call for governmental regulation when it comes to the estrogen-
like chemical found in many everyday products. A study published
online in the Sept. 20 NIH journal Environmental Health
Perspectives ties rodent data on the health effects of BPA to
predictions of human health effects from BPA with the use of
everyday household products. The study was authored by
researchers at the University of Missouri Division of Biological
Sciences, Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab (VMDL) and the
department of Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with
scientists at the University of California-Davis and Washington
State University. “This study provides convincing evidence that
BPA is dangerous to our health at current levels o