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...
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/plastic-hardening-ch...
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...
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/11/plastic-hardening-ch...
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- retro_Syl
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wow. Sticky situation.
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- scarlettcutie_01
- 7 days ago
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Disturbing.
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Whoa, sucks to be those guys. I do really dislike plastics and the chemicals used to make them. Go natural.
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- nursediesel
- 7 days ago
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Um actually there was just an article on current stating that BPA's are in most every canned food and that they were in abnormally high amounts in Delmonte fresh cut green beans along with a bunch of other national brands. That is what is scary!
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- AmericanStandard
- 7 days ago
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Our spooky society has the perfect answer for that
Viva Viagra..
down you extremist fool.-
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- CarolynGillis
- 6 days ago
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Viagra sales jusst shot up with this story
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Oh that's hilarious
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i hate all this bad news. I need to live in a cave.
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What about the california redemption value we pay?
