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"Plastics made from polycarbonate resin can leach bisphenol-A (BPA), a potent hormone disruptor. bpa, a chemical found in epoxy resin and polycarbonate plastics, may impair the reproductive organs and have adverse effects on tumors, breast tissue development, and prostate development by reducing sperm count. BPA can leach into water bottles through normal wear and tear and exposure to heat and cleaning agents. This includes leaving your plastic water bottle in your car during errands, in your backpack during hikes, and running it through your dishwasher or using harsh detergents." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Frederick vom Saal of the University of Missouri-Columbia, fetuses and newborns exposed to bpa even at low doses have a higher likelihood of developing prostate and breast cancer later in life. So make an effort to reduce your child's contact with bpa by choosing healthier baby bottles. BPA-free bottles include Evenflo glass bottles, which are available at major retail stores and select supermarkets. When Wyatt was a baby, glass bottles were a lot harder to find than they are now. I ended up ordering two dozen from the only source that stocked them, and I never broke a single one." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "What's even scarier: Every year, we produce 6 billion pounds of bpa, which is also found in some hard plastic water coolers, water bottles, microwave-safe dishes, even inside the linings of tin cans. We're exposed to it around the clock. A recent CDC study found that 95 percent of the people it tested had been contaminated with this chemical compound. As with so many toxins, exposure to bpa is most dangerous early in life. According to Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The plastic industry will tell you that small amounts of bpa are nothing to worry about. A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, however, suggests that when mice are exposed to low levels of bpa for several days, they develop insulin resistance.204 What is so alarming about this discovery is that the levels of bpa used in the experiment would be considered safe for humans by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"What's more, a 2003 study conducted by the University of Missouri published in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, found that detectable levels of bpa leached into liquids at room temperature. This means just having your plastic water bottle sitting on your desk can be potentially harmful. The best thing to do is to avoid plastic altogether. (Side note: Baby bottles made from polycarbonate plastics have quietly disappeared from the market despite industry assurances that polycarbonate plastics are safe.) There are two approaches to take to avoid exposure to bpa." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"In light of these dangers from bpa exposure, in early 2008 the Canadian government's Health Canada declared bpa to be a toxic chemical. None of these developments should come as any surprise to us, since the hormonal effects of certain synthetic chemicals, particularly DDT, on wildlife have been well-recognized since the 1950s, and were documented in Rachel Carson's classic 1962 book, Silent Spring. Carson's book described how predatory birds at the top of the food chain were producing thin-shelled and non-viable eggs due to the estrogen-like effects of DDT." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Almost all food and water supplies contain some amount of aluminum, for FACT BPA is at unsafe levels in one of every ten servings of canned foods (11 percent) and one of every three cans of infant formula (33 percent). bpa, found in everything from baby bottles and water cooler jugs to bicycle helmets, CDs, and the inside lining of tin cans, is associated with a number of health problems and diseases that are on the rise in the United States population, including breast and prostate cancers and infertility." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"So make an effort to reduce your child's contact with bpa by choosing healthier baby bottles. BPA-free bottles include Evenflo glass bottles, which are available at major retail stores and select supermarkets. When Wyatt was a baby, glass bottles were a lot harder to find than they are now. I ended up ordering two dozen from the only source that stocked them, and I never broke a single one. Glass bottles are much safer, and unlike plastic, they last a long time, so you end up saving money." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "The results reinforce other data showing that new polycarbonate bottles leach small amounts of bpa, which in animal tests has been shown to cause "abnormalities in the mammary and prostate glands and the female eggs of laboratory animals" as well as accelerating puberty and adding to weight gain. What's even scarier: Every year, we produce 6 billion pounds of bpa, which is also found in some hard plastic water coolers, water bottles, microwave-safe dishes, even inside the linings of tin cans. We're exposed to it around the clock." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"This finding may also implicate bpa as a cause of endometriosis and other reproductive tract disorders that occur in women later in life, decades after being exposed as fetuses and/or infants. ( 6) Previous studies in the journal Endocrinology and elsewhere found evidence that bpa masculinizes the brains of female mice and feminizes the brains of male mice. One measure of the effects of these hormone disrupters on human males is the distance between the anus and genitals in infant boys, a standard measurement of normality for generations." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, however, suggests that when mice are exposed to low levels of bpa for several days, they develop insulin resistance.204 What is so alarming about this discovery is that the levels of bpa used in the experiment would be considered safe for humans by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We don't know whether bpa is contributing to the ever-increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes, but we sure wish scientists would find out before it's too late." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"BPA is commonplace—found in copious brands of fruit, vegetables, soda, and other frequendy eaten canned goods. It migrates from the can or plastic into the contents, which are then ingested. What's most troubling about the recent reports of BPAs prevalence, which emerged in 2007 and was featured prominently in the media, is that it remains entirely without safety standards. It is allowed in unlimited amounts in consumer products, drinking water, and food, the top exposure source for most people." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Chemicals like PCBs, plastic additives such as bpa, and common pesticides are among the numerous chemicals that, upon entering our bloodstreams through daily exposure, can mimic estrogen by occupying our cells' estrogen receptors. You might think of estrogen being secreted in the body as something akin to a radio signal that's being sent out from a station, and its receptor—a protein on the surface of a cell elsewhere in the body—as the antenna. The proper signal has to reach the antenna in order for the signal to be received—and for music, rather than static, to come out of the radio." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"We don't know whether bpa is contributing to the ever-increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes, but we sure wish scientists would find out before it's too late. Preventing Type 2 Diabetes No one knows whether reducing high-fructose corn syrup in the diet or limiting bpa exposure will reduce the risk of diabetes. But we do know that there are certain risk factors that make people more susceptible to type 2 diabetes. Changing those conditions may help people avoid this disease. It is estimated that as many as 40 million Americans might have prediabetes." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"There are two approaches to take to avoid exposure to bpa. First, if you are active and take water with you, switch to a stainless steel water bottle. But, be careful. Many products on the market are lined with an epoxy finish. This defeats the purpose. Make sure that the bottle is stainless steel both inside and out. Stainless steel water bottles are light, durable, and hold both hot and cold liquids well. My favorite stainless steel water bottle can be found at www.holisticphysician.com/onlinestore/waterfilters/new_ wave_enviro / polycarbonate_plastic_containers .htm." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"The estrogenic properties of bisphenol-A (BPA) was known as early as 1936, yet children now have their teeth coated with plastic containing bpa. The ADA denies any problem and goes on coating teeth. Food and drink cans are lined with it. Some plasfic baby bottles contain it and other plasticizers. In April 1999, Consumer Reports Special Report advised parents to dispose of soft vinyl teethers and toys that infants sometimes suck or chew, and all clear, shiny plastic baby bottles, unless the manufacturer tells you they're not made of polycarbonate, which leaches bpa." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"THE DANGER OF TINY DOSES Dioxin, along with pesticides, insecticides, and plasticizers such as bisphenol A, or bpa, a plastics building block used in everything from safety helmets, dental sealants, and eyeglass lenses to everyday food packaging, are what are also known as endocrine disrup-tors, a group of environmental contaminants that can affect our immune system and our resistance to disease in another particularly insidious way—and in particularly small doses—by disrupting our bodies' natural hormonal signals." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The statement, published online by the journal Reproductive Toxicology, was accompanied by a new study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health finding uterine damage in newborn animals exposed to bpa. The researchers indicated that such damage is a possible predictor of reproductive diseases in women, including fibroids, endometriosis, cystic ovaries and cancers. Earlier studies linked low dose bpa to female reproductive-tract disorders, as well as early-stage prostate and breast cancer, as well as decreased sperm counts in animals." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Previous studies in the journal Endocrinology and elsewhere found evidence that bpa masculinizes the brains of female mice and feminizes the brains of male mice. One measure of the effects of these hormone disrupters on human males is the distance between the anus and genitals in infant boys, a standard measurement of normality for generations. Alarmingly, over the past decade there has been a significant reduction in that distance, which can be attributed to hormone-disruptive chemicals." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "An August 2, 2007, consensus statement by several dozen scientists warned that bpa, even at very low exposure levels, is probably responsible for many human reproductive disorders (6 ). Lavender and Tea Tree Oils Lavender and tea tree oils pose another kind of hormone disruption dilemma: breast enlargement, technically known as gynecomastia, has been reported in three boys, ranging from four to ten years old, following repeated use of scented soap, shampoo, and a "healing" balm containing tea tree or lavender oils (37)." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The latest study showed that women with a history of miscarriages were found to have higher levels of bpa in their bodies. The women who had miscarriages were found to have bpa levels on average about three times higher than women who had successfully given birth, according to an online food industry Web site.22 The scientists concluded that while a high level of bisphenol-A did not in itself predict subsequent miscarriage, exposure to the chemical is associated with recurrent miscarriage." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Earlier studies linked low dose bpa to female reproductive-tract disorders, as well as early-stage prostate and breast cancer, as well as decreased sperm counts in animals. BPA is found in polycarbonate plastic baby bottles, large water-cooler containers and sports bottles, microwave-oven dishes, canned-food liners, and some dental sealants for children. The disastrous impact plastic has on the environment is difficult to determine. Currently, there are more plastic particles in the oceans than there are plankton." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"At the University of Tokyo, a team of eight Japanese imrauno-toxicologists recently demonstrated that in mice, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as bpa, promote a significantly increased production of autoantibodies—antibodies that set out to destroy one's own tissue. Other lab research confirms that environmental estrogens, including plastic additives, exert a direct effect on immune cells, suppressing the function of some immune cells and overstimulating others." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "None of 11 studies conducted by the chemical industry's researchers on bpa identified adverse effects. In the wake of the mounting data that endocrine disruptors wreak havoc on the human immune system, in 2005 the National Institutes of Health stated that investigations of exposures to pesticides and estrogenic compounds as triggers of autoimmune disease—about which we still know far too little—are now of "considerable research interest." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"A report on bisphenol A (bpa, a constituent of plastic) from the society of the plastics industry showed that the average can gives off six to seven micrograms of bisphenol A into the food. bpa can leach from plastic when subjected to high temperatures. The degree of leaching depends on how the can is treated (not all are sterilized at high heat, called autoclaving) and what's inside the can. When I called numerous cola companies to find out if they had tested for bpa leakage, I got the royal runaround and never received any information." - D. Lindsey Berkson, Hormone Deception (Get the book.) "Fatty foods (such as tuna packed in oil) and acidic foods (such as colas) may leach bpa into the food. Even distilled water added to empty cans, put under pressure, and heated leached bpa in the water. The liquids that contained bisphenol A from cans were shown to promote the growth of human breast cancer cells in tests. Seventy percent of the cans tested in one study showed estrogenic activity. Avoid or limit use of foods packaged in tin cans to avoid lead and bpa." - D. Lindsey Berkson, Hormone Deception (Get the book.)

"The women who had miscarriages were found to have bpa levels on average about three times higher than women who had successfully given birth, according to an online food industry Web site.22 The scientists concluded that while a high level of bisphenol-A did not in itself predict subsequent miscarriage, exposure to the chemical is associated with recurrent miscarriage. This report suggested that however it is happening, whether from baby bottles or other sources, certainly bisphenol-A is being absorbed by humans." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Phthalates, bpa, lead, chromium, cadmium, everything is there for a reason, for its particular properties. They work, they answer a question. Now, as we're becoming more aware of their other attributes, questions are arising as to whether they are the right answer."b Kirschener chuckled nervously. "We've been in reactive hell," he said. "It's been unnerving not to be part of all these changes. Companies in this industry have been going through a twelve-step process. First step is to admit that you make electrical products." He laughs. "Then you reject that these new standards exist at all." - Mark Schapiro, Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Get the book.)

"Preventing Type 2 Diabetes No one knows whether reducing high-fructose corn syrup in the diet or limiting bpa exposure will reduce the risk of diabetes. But we do know that there are certain risk factors that make people more susceptible to type 2 diabetes. Changing those conditions may help people avoid this disease. It is estimated that as many as 40 million Americans might have prediabetes. Their fasting blood sugar is between the cutoff for definite diabetes of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl) and high normal (110 mg/dl)." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"Although the amount of bpa found in canned food is extremely low in comparison with the body's own production of estrogen, the problem lies in the body's struggle to break down bpa and metabolize it efficiently. Harmful Cooking Methods Frying, barbecuing, or broiling meat, poultry, or fish, especially when using polyunsaturated fats such as safflower or corn oil, can produce potential carcinogens called heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which have been linked with many forms of cancer." - Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine, Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

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