NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 11 (UPI) -- Exposure during pregnancy to bisphenol A, found in many plastic household items, causes a genetic defect in the offspring of female mice, U.S. researchers say.
CINCINNATI, June 11 (UPI) -- Bisphenol A, found in many plastic household items, has been linked in animals to an increased frequency of heartbeat irregularities, U.S. researchers say.
BOSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Those who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles showed a two-thirds increase of the chemical bisphenol A in their urine, a U.S. researcher said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after hearings, has yet to decide the fate of the compound bisphenol A, which is used in some plastic containers.
OTTAWA, April 18 (UPI) -- Canada became the first country to declare the widely used chemical bisphenol A unsuitable for use in baby bottles and set a ban mechanism in motion Friday.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- University of Cincinnati scientists say temperature is the key to Bisphenol A, or BPA, exposure from polycarbonate plastic bottles.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists warn the chemicals bisphenol A or BPA -- found in plastic -- could cause serious reproductive disorders.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (UPI) -- San Francisco has banned the use of a sturdy plastic made from a molecule called BPA and found in water bottles, baby bottles and canned food linings.
COLUMBIA, Mo., April 13 (UPI) -- Researchers said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should re-evaluate a chemical used worldwide to make clear plastic containers.
