Bisphenol um produto químico em uns frascos plásticos prejudica crianças, Feds concli

Por David Gutierrez | Para a primeira vez, uma filial dos ESTADOS UNIDOS. o governo admitiu que o bisphenol químico industrial comum A (BPA) pode pose um risco de saúde.

BPA é um ingrediente crucial no plástico do polycarbonate encontrado na água e nos frascos duros, desobstruídos do bebê. É usado também fazer forros para latas da fórmula do alimento e do infante. BPA foi mostrado para escoar fora destes recipientes e no alimento ou nos líquidos, e de 90 por cento de ESTADOS UNIDOS. os residentes carregam-no em seus corpos.

O programa nacional do Toxicology dos institutos nacionais da saúde concliu em abril que há “algum interesse” isso BPA may cause problems in fetuses, babies and children, including breast or prostate cancer, early onset of female puberty, attention deficit disorder and other problems of the reproductive and neurological systems.

“Some concern” is the middle of five rankings available to the National Toxicology Program, with none at one end and extreme at the other.

The National Toxicology Program’s findings “[reflect] a significant body of science showing that BPA may play a larger role than previously thought in a host of common health problems, including prostate cancer, breast cancer and early puberty,” said Anila Jacob, senior scientist at Environmental Working Group.

“More research is needed to better understand [BPA's] implications for human health,” the report reads. “However, because these effects in animals occur at bisphenol A exposure levels similar to those experienced by humans, the possibility that bisphenol A may alter human development cannot be dismissed.”

In spite of the report’s cautious wording, BPA expert Frederick vom Saal said that it is “very, very much in line” with a statement signed by 38 scientists in 2007, warning that BPA could be harming infant development.

“This is going to ripple around the world,” vom Saal said. “The bottom line is there really is a convergence of opinion that is occurring.”

Sources for this story include: www.latimes.com.

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