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Plastic Additive Bisphenol A (BPA) Linked to Diabetes and Cardiovascular Events in NHANES Analysis

February 15, 2010 by  
Filed under Environmental Health

Bisphenol A (BPA) for a long time has been an additive in plastics and other materials used in food packaging and other consumer products and is considered one of the world’s most widely used industrial chemicals. Because of its wide spread use, its health impact has always been a center of debate, but most studies found inconclusive evidence of harm. But recently a study based on the 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey clearly demonstrated that BPA significantly raises the chance of having diabetes or a cardiovascular event.