Studies Prove BPA Can Cross Placenta To Fetuses

Totes McGotes writes "From canned food to plastic bottles, Bisphenol-A seems to be cropping up everywhere, and now two new studies show that BPA freely crosses the placenta from pregnant mother to fetus. Plus, the research found that chemical transformations occur in the fetus allowing inactive BPA to be converted to the active form."

Comments

Re:Aaaand...

[KevinKnSC]

...he says, taking a long drink from his plastic water bottle.

And to think, all that time...

[seanonymous]

it was your cup that was poisoned. They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to BPA.

Re:Effect of other additives?

[happy_place]

How dare you suggest we use glass, you insensitive clod! My kids and I have trouble with glass, or should I say Glass Shard Contamination, as they tend to break and send shards of glass into the flesh opening blood-letting wounds... though once upon a time blood-letting was considered a form of medical treatment...