FULL LIST OF HEALTH PROBLEMS LINKED WITH BPA

FULL LIST OF HEALTH PROBLEMS LINKED WITH BPA

The leaching of BPA from the polycarbonate plastics and the polycarbonate plastic lining of containers is particularly alarming in light of the serious health risks associated with BPA ingestion. More than 200 lab animal tests to date strongly suggest that BPA exposure, even at very low doses, creates risks of dangerous developmental, neural and reproductive health effects in infants and children. Exposure to BPA, even at low and short-term doses, is linked to a staggering number of health problems, including:

• breast cancer
  
  
• prostate disease and cancer
  
  
• diabetes
  
  
• obesity
  
  
• hyperactivity
  
  
• impaired, altered, and compromised immune system and functions
  
  
• miscarriage
  
  
• impaired female reproductive development
  
  
• sperm defects
  
  
• lowered sperm count
  
  
• chromosome abnormalities
  
  
• chromosome sorting errors
  
  
• Down’s syndrome
  
  
• Turner Syndrome
  
  
• Klinefelter Syndrome
  
  
• genitalia deformity
  
  
• early onset of puberty
  
  
• impaired learning and memory
  
  
• increased aggression
  
  
• reversal of normal sex differences in the brain structure
  
  
• elimination of sex differences in behavior
  
  
• changes in response to painful or fear-provoking stimuli