By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/08/2013 01:09 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Chronic exposure to the chemical bi...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban food packaging containing the plastics chemical, bisphenol A, unl...
Chemicals in the everyday products we use in our homes may be negatively affecting our hormones, says a newly-released study by WHO, the World Health Organization.
If Gov. Brown's administration follows through with designating BPA as a health risk and the industry lawsuit fails, not only will California families benefit, so could the rest of the country.
Would you guess that the product recommendation I struggle with most in my consulting practice is toilet paper?
Brent Collett already had some inklings about the pervasiveness of hormone-mimicking chemicals such as phthalates and Bisphenol-A (BPA). He knew, ...
What's wrong with the system? Why don't our regulations prioritize the prevention of chronic health problems due to massive exposures to questionable chemicals?
The FDA rejected a call last year to ban Bisphenol A, a chemical more commonly known as BPA, stating that there was "not compelling scientific evidenc...
In yet another study drawing a connection between bisphenol A and potential negative health effects, researchers at Duke University have linked enviro...
Today's version of the metal can could be a thing of the past, if a consortium of activist groups gets its way. Their target is a chemical that, if banned, could change the very way food is packaged.
By Jaimie Dalessio A new analysis out of the New York University School of Medicine links the controversial chemical bisphenol A, better known ...
By Brett Spiegel From antibacterial soap breeding stronger bacteria to the latest fad diet causing more harm than good, there are plenty of exa...
Is it some kind of sick joke that cans lined with a chemical linked to cancer are sporting pink ribbons?
By: Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 10/09/2012 03:43 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A...
Last month a jury in Colorado awarded 59-year-old Wayne Watson $7.2 million from three companies for damages caused by microwave popcorn. The reason? In 2007 Mr. Watson contracted a rare but serious lung disease.
Pregnancy is the perfect time to start a new personal care regime with safer products
What's the story you ask? It's about how natural variation in sex steroid hormones have profound natural effects on how long animals live, how social they are, and whether they are likely to leave home or not.
by guest blogger Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH Who's ready for some controversy? Bisphenol A (also known as BPA), a chemical recently banned from baby bot...
WASHINGTON — The federal government announced Tuesday that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain bisphenol-A, or BPA, the plastic ch...
For many years it was thought that our genes were the whole game -- the stuff that determined our appearance, our aptitudes, and even our susceptibility to disease. But we now know it's more complicated than that. It turns out that not all of our genes are active. Some are turned "on" and others are turned "off."
FDA is kicking the BPA-lined can further down the road in an announcement last week that the Administration plans to keep studying this issue while consumers continue to be exposed.
UPDATE: 3/30 4:00 p.m. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it will continue to allow bisphenol-A (BPA) in food and bever...
What's lurking in your household products? According to a recent study of more than 200 cleaning and personal care products, troublesome estrogen-mimi...
Disease doesn't know party lines, and if our babies are being born pre-polluted with BPA while other countries opt out, it doesn't matter what side of the aisle you are on. Together, we can create the changes we want to see in our food system.
As scientists continue to study the effects of BPA on humans, the FDA is finding that it is the one under the microscope -- the microscope of public scrutiny, that is -- and what we are seeing is troubling.
