BPA exposure ups heart disease risk

Researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK and the European Center for the Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) followed 1,600 people over the course of 10 years and found that people with high concentrations of BPA in their urine were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease.

“This study strengthens the statistical link between BPA and heart disease, but we can’t be certain that BPA itself is responsible,” said co-author David Melzer.

“If BPA itself is directly responsible for this increase in risk, the size of effect is difficult to estimate. However, it adds to the evidence that BPA may be an additional contributor to heart disease risk alongside the major risk factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels,” added Tamara Galloway, another lead member of the team.

Many previous studies had linked the toxic chemical, which disrupts female hormone estrogen, to a series of health conditions such as problems in infantile development, fertility, and brain function.

Although some countries have limited the use of BPA, most states are still using the toxic chemical in different products even paper money.

The study, however, has provided new evidence showing that the potential hazards associated to the chemical should be taken much more serious.

People are exposed to environmental BPA during everyday activities but the health effects from low environmental exposure to the chemical remains unknown.

“It is now important that government agencies organize drug style safety trials of BPA in humans, as much basic information about how BPA behaves in the human body is still unknown,” Melzer recommended.

A study conducted on 2,500 people by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2003 showed that 93 percent of them had BPA in their bodies.

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