Tag: BPA

  • Nation & World

    Antioxidant reverses most BPA-induced fertility damage in worms

    Treatment with a naturally occurring antioxidant, CoQ10, restores many aspects of fertility in C. elegans worms following exposure to BPA. The findings offer a possible path toward undoing BPA-induced reproductive harms in people.

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    Spilled bottle of yellow capsules.
  • Nation & World

    Canned soup linked to higher BPA levels

    A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health has found that the volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000 percent increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with the group who consumed fresh soup daily for five days. The…

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  • Nation & World

    Gestational BPA exposure growing concern

    Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) — a chemical used to make plastic containers and other consumer goods — is associated with behavior and emotional problems in young girls, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health.

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