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BPA, or bisphenol A, is widely used as a component of clear hard plastic. It is nearly ubiquitous in the lining of cans for beverages and food, including soup. The fly in the ointment? BPA has estrogenic activity and is an endocrine disruptor.
Recent research showed that eating canned soup every day for a week increased the levels of BPA in urine dramatically. What are the implications for human health?
New research shows that phthalates are often found in pills and supplements.
Guests: Karin Michels, PhD, ScD is an associate professor in the department of epidemiology in the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School. Her research on soup and BPA was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Fred vom Saal, PhD, is the Curators Professor of Biology in the division of biological sciences at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.
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