Study links BPA to human sexual dysfunction
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I had just finished writing a long piece on bisphenol A, a man-made chemical compound used in plastic bottles, the PVC water pipes in most houses, and to line the inside of nearly all canned goods in the United States, when I noticed that the results to the first ever human study on BPA (as it is known) were released. The news isn’t good.
BPA, which has been found to cause cancer, diabetes, and heart disease in rodents, seems to target sex organs, too. In men who worked in factories where exposure to BPA was much higher than the general population, erectile disfunction, difficulty ejaculating, and an overall decline in sex drive were noticed at alarming rates.
The more we learn about BPA, the worse it gets. If I had to bet, BPA will be outlawed in the United States within the coming year. The EPA and the FDA are both conducting new studies, and there are two new bills that have been introduced in Congress calling for a ban.
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