A new study has found a link between heart disease and a chemical found in the lining of canned beverages, plastic bottles, re-usable containers, and the blood and urine of 90 per cent of people. Three days after the study’s publication the US Food and Drug Administration outlined new guidelines on the chemical, bisphenol-A (BPA), which is banned from baby bottles in Canada and some US jurisdictions but is still unregulated in Europe.
The research, published in the scientific journal PlosOne on January 12, found that American men over 60 with the highest levels of BPA in their urine on average had a 45 per cent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than men with lower levels of the chemical.
This does not conclusively prove that BPA causes cardiovascular disease, says study author Dr. Tamara Galloway, Professor of Ecotoxicology at the University of Exeter, UK. The association could be influenced by other factors, such as a poor diet featuring large amounts of canned…
