“Is Plastic Making Us Fat?”
Published: 17 January 2008
Category: Bisphenol A (BPA), Hormonal Changes, Packaging CONCERNS
The Boston Globe reports researchers are exploring whether exposure to certain plastics chemicals, such as bisphenol A (BPA), which is used to manufacture items such as baby bottles, during early development could “be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers.” Some scientists argue that “diet and too little exercise clearly are key reasons for the worldwide rise in obesity in the past 20 years, but they may not be the only ones.”