Fw: BPA -- a danger for women and families

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From: Zuckerman <dz@...>Subject: BPA -- a danger for women and familiesifriends@...Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 7:38 AM

It was almost drowned out by the financial news last week,

but there was a highly publicized meeting at FDA on Tuesday to discuss whether

BPA, a estrogen-like chemical in plastics, is dangerous when it is used in baby

bottles and as a lining in beverage cans and canned foods.

The safety of BPA is important because government studies

show that 93% of us have BPA In our bodies at any given time. I testified

about the need to protect our families, focusing on the fact that FDA was

rushing to judgment to assure consumers that BPA in food containers was safe,

when the research is inconclusive but clearly pointing in the opposite

direction. Many scientists and public health experts testified in

agreement.

In addition, new research was reported showing that adults

with higher levels of BPA in their bodies were more likely to have heart

disease or diabetes. (Age, weight, etc was statistically controlled.)

Wouldn¢t it be amazing if a significant part of the US diabetes

epidemic was related to the food containers

rather than the food we eat?

To hear us on NPR, go to this link and click the link to

Morning Edition.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94699105

Here¢s a good article in USA Today:

USA

Today

Scientists,

FDA face off over safety of BPA in consumer plastics

USA Today - USA

At the very least, the FDA should require a prominent warning on products

made with BPA, says Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for ...

My testimony is attached.

Please feel free to circulate. For more information

about BPA, phthalates, cell phones, and other risks you may not know you¢re

taking, see our web site: www.center4research.org

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