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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the stop-eating-the-packaging dept.

86 per cent of teenagers have traces of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used to make plastics, in their body, an Engaged Research public engagement project in collaboration with the University of Exeter has found.

Measurable levels of BPA, an endocrine-disrupting chemical, were found in the urine of the vast majority of the 94 17-19 year olds tested, according to research at the University of Exeter led by Professor Lorna Harries, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics, and Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology.

They called for better labelling of packaging to enable consumers to choose BPA-free products.

The citizen-science project was carried out in a real-world setting to provide young people with first-hand experience of all aspects of scientific research.

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-02-exposure-bisphenol-hard-everyday-life.html


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:21PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:21PM (#634069) Journal

    What's different about the 14% who don't have BPA in the body?

    Hypothesis: higher wanking rate, exhausts older stocks of sexual hormones in shorter times.

    (grin)

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