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Critical health risks associated with plastics

By Lok News Bureau • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Lifestyle

Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, “A Plastic World” provides critical new research on environmental contaminants and adverse reproductive and behavioral effects. Plastic products contain “endocrine disrupting chemicals” [...]