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There's no denying that bisphenol A (BPA), the latest headline-making toxin, is ubiquitous - it's in hard plastic water bottles, the lining of food and beverage cans and, most disturbingly, the plastic baby bottles that most parents commonly use. What's less clear, however, is exactly what effect BPA has on human health...
...renewed uproar over plastic? Since the FDA completed its original analysis in August, additional data on the potential health effects of BPA have emerged, linking high levels of BPA exposure to increased risk of heart disease and diabetes and even a decreased sensitivity to chemotherapy in cancer patients. The compound is also linked to developmental and brain effects in infants; BPA is known to mimic the hormone estrogen in the body, which can cause changes in developing fetuses and infants. "There is enough evidence today for the FDA to take the precaution and to certainly get BPA out of infant...
...taking you on a tour, but one prone to dwell on the sketchiest roadside attractions. In a photo by Eggleston there might be a sunbeam that sweetly anoints a full dish rack on a white sink. There might also be a dismal suburban tract house or a bunch of plastic bottles scattered across a dirt road. It was a make-of-it-what-you-will exhibition, and a lot of critics didn't know what to make of it. The Times critic called it "perfectly boring...
...Estonians do not celebrate Halloween. The holiday that most kids in North America and many in other parts of the English-speaking world look forward to for months has not caught on across much of continental Europe. But why care about costumes and plastic pumpkins when you've got the real thing? That's what most Estonians think. You can't walk far in the darkened streets of Tallinn, especially at this gloomy time of year, without running into a ghost - or the story of one, at least...
...shopping trip came to its eco-friendly end, Guest has just one complaint. “I’m really upset that I didn’t bring my own plastic bag,” Guest says. “It really annoys...