ApocaDocs: Heart Disease, Diabetes Linked to Chemical in Plastics

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Posted Tue Sep 16 2008: from US News and World Report:


	Heart Disease, Diabetes Linked to Chemical in Plastics http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1221607028 It turns out, though, that adults may be at risk, too. A landmark study of more than 1,400 people ages 18 to 74, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that those with the largest amount of BPA in their urine had nearly three times the risk of heart disease and more than twice the risk of diabetes as those who had the lowest levels. "Even those with the highest BPA levels still had levels way below the currently established 'safe' level," says David Melzer, an epidemiologist at the University of Exeter in England and coauthor of the study. Other researchers say there's enough evidence from previous animal studies to suggest that BPA is harmful to adults.

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