Maybe denial is preferable

I went looking to see where we're most likely to run into bisphenol A and found this article on the Food Production Daily website. (Breaking News on Food Processing and Packaging. No, really!)

Unsafe levels of Bisphenol A found in humans, scientists say.

An excerpt:

One review reports that BPA is present in many forms in the daily lives of Americans. The common exposure sources are the linings of food cans and some plastic containers, including some popular water and baby bottles.

The journal will also publish simultaneously a new study claiming that BPA is functionally similar to diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen banned long ago for use by pregnant women.

DES was banned after studies implicated the chemical in causing reproductive tract problems. The experimental animal study, done by a team led by Retha Newbold, claims to be the first to link developmental exposure to bisphenol A to diseases such as uterine fibroids, precancerous changes in the reproductive tract, and to cystic ovaries.

About six billion pounds of BPA are used annually to make resins and polycarbonate plastic.

Previous studies have linked BPA with increases in abnormal penile and urethra development in males, early sexual maturation in females, an increase in neurobehavioral problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, an increase in childhood and adult obesity and type 2 diabetes, a regional decrease in sperm count, and an increase in hormonally mediated cancers, such as prostate and breast cancers.

And yet they continue to use it?!