bisphenol A in Americans - above levels for toxicity

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A new analysis by the CDC indicates that many Americans are exposed to

bisphenol A at levels above the current safety threshold set by the EPA

based upon decades-old data. These levels are significantly higher than

those sufficient to cause a wide array of health effects in animals

following exposure in the womb. Exposure to another industrial chemical,

4-tertiary-octylphenol, is also widespread.

Synopsis and analysis in plain English at:

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2007/2007-1109calafatetal.html

- - - - original article in pre-print long-form:

Exposure of the US population to bisphenol A and 4-tertiary-octylphenol:

2003-2004.

Calafat, AM, X Ye, L-Y Wong, JA Reidy and LL Needham. 2007.

Environmental Health Perspectives, in press.

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10605/abstract.html