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tazzygirl -> RE: Alex Jones Creates Hysteria Amongst His Readers/Listeners (6/23/2011 5:45:54 PM)
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CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association has adopted a number of new policies, including one that recognizes that bisphenol A (BPA) interferes with human hormones, one that blasts the practice of competitive eating, and another that calls for more research on full-body scanners used in airports.
BPA
The AMA's House of Delegates, which just wrapped up its annual legislative meeting here, voted to adopt a policy to recognize BPA as an endocrine-disrupting agent and to urge that BPA products with the potential to increase human exposure to the chemical be clearly identified.
BPA is a chemical used to soften plastics in baby bottles, cups, and plastic packaging.
The use of BPA has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. In 2008, the FDA said there was evidence to connect commonly used levels of BPA to some health issues, but an advisory panel was extremely critical of how the agency reached those conclusions; FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg later said that BPA use is "of some concern."
Studies have shown that BPA can mimic the action of female reproductive hormones and may be linked to male sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and liver abnormalities.
The AMA's policy urges a "shift to a more robust, science-based, and transparent federal regulatory framework for oversight of BPA."
The federal government is currently spending $30 million in research to pin down health risks associated with BPA, which includes studies carried out by the FDA and the National Institutes of Health.
The AMA also encourages "ongoing industry actions to stop producing BPA-containing baby bottles and infant feeding cups," and supports a ban on selling BPA products for babies.
Infants' exposure is a particular concern because they may be more sensitive to these effects than adults. Canada has banned BPA in baby products, and most U.S. companies, including Gerber, have stopped using the chemical in infant products such as bottles and infant feeding cups.
http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/article/medpagetoday4777.htm
You do realize the risk is to pregnant women and to infants, yes?
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