Bisphenol A (BPA), a weak synthetic estrogen used in a variety of consumer products ranging from baby bottles to resins that line food and beverage containers, has been linked in some studies to adverse health effects in rodents, including obesity, cancer and insulin resistance.
The contaminant bisphenol-A (BPA) — widely used to make many plastics found in food storage containers and dental products — can have long-term effects in female development, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
A new study has shown that exposure to low doses of environmental estrogens during development of the prostate gland in the male fetus may result in a predisposition to prostate cancer later in life.