Community | November 14, 2009 | 9 comments

Plastic-hardening chemical makes men soft

source: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/plastic-hardening-chemical-mak.html

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Regular contact with high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a compound commonly found in plastic food and drink containers, appears to cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual performance problems in men.

The finding, reported in the Washington Post, is likely to add fuel to the controversy over whether exposure to normal lower levels is harmful to humans and encourage campaigners calling for an outright ban.

According to the new study, male workers in four Chinese factories making BPA or using it reported an average fourfold increase in erectile dysfunction, a sevenfold increase in ejaculation difficulty and a fourfold decrease in sexual drive when compared to controls...

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