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BPA Exposure Linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Study Reports

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the Life-is-only-good-as-the-Liver dept.

gishzida writes:

A newly published study is the first to report an association between bisphenol-A (BPA), a common plasticizer used in a variety of consumer food and beverage containers, with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.

"It has been suspected for a lot of years that BPA is involved in autism, but there was no direct evidence," said T. Peter Stein, of RowanSOM and the study's lead author. "We've shown there is a link. The metabolism of BPA is different in some children with autism than it is in otherwise healthy children."

The research team -- which included Margaret Schluter and Robert Steer, of RowanSOM who were responsible for laboratory analysis, and child neurologist Xue Ming, of NJMS who recruited and ascertained the study populations -- examined urine specimens from 46 children with ASD and 52 healthy control children for both free BPA and total BPA concentrations. Like many chemicals, BPA becomes water soluble when it is bound to glucose in the liver -- a process called glucuronidation. Conversion to a glucuronide and then excretion of the glucuronide in the urine is a major pathway for removing toxins from the body.

Back in the day some major chemical companies were telling everyone "Better living through Chemistry" (duPont) and wanted to build everyone plastic houses (Monsanto)... now it appears they are building chemically modified humans. The part of the (evil) back story about BPA can be found in a story from 2009 at Fast Company: http://www.fastcompany.com/1139298/real-story-behind-bisphenol

 
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by artificial on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:24AM

    by artificial (111) on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:24AM (#152815)

    Relax, just put the bottle in the sun prior to drinking it. Trust me.

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:30AM (#152818)

    BPA release rates increase when the plastic is heated.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:43AM (#152824)

      What would need to be done to get a Whoosh, +0 moderation option?

      • (Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:51AM

        by SlimmPickens (1056) on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:51AM (#152827)

        Come to think of it, why isn't there a +x agree?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @09:35AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2015, @09:35AM (#152948)

        Maybe this [wikipedia.org]?

        I know people that stupid.

        I know a LOT of people who are that stupid.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:44AM

      by c0lo (156) on Wednesday March 04 2015, @12:44AM (#152825) Journal
      Doesn't matter, just trust him. As he said, it's Amazazing.
      --
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0