BPA in umbilical cord blood
The Environmental Working Group tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 racial and ethnic minority infants and found 232 toxic chemicals.
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group have, for the first time, detected bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic component and synthetic estrogen, in umbilical cord blood of American infants.
9 out of 10 Tested Had BPA
Resources
- “Minority Cord Blood,” Environmental Working Group. Includes tips for a healthy pregnancy.
- “BPA found in 90% of infants in new study,” Fast Company.
Posted by Attached Mama
on Dec 3rd, 2009 and filed under Asides.
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