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."

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Re:Bisphenol-A

[ShadowRangerRIT]

That's entirely possible. Nothing in my statement directly implicates BPA, yet I'm skeptical that we can add chemicals to our diets that simulate our own sex hormones without affecting the processes those hormones regulate. Whether these effects are dangerous isn't something I know, but I would like to see rigorous studies done. Unfortunately, with chemicals like BPA, we seem to prefer introducing them to everyone's diet in an uncontrolled fashion before bothering to check if the chemicals are safe.