High blood pressure (BP) has reached epidemic proportions among the population worldwide. In the USA alone, 1 of every 3 adults is hypertensive, and another 1 out of 3 is pre-hypertensive. Researchers ...

Having identified potentially harmful health effects on the immune system, EFSA has set a new, significantly lower, tolerable daily intake of Bisphenol A. In a new re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA), ...

Once found in bottles, food containers, cash register receipts and electronics, bisphenol A (BPA) has been phased out of many products because of health concerns and government regulations. As a ...

A new study is casting fresh light on the harmful effects—including possible cardiovascular risk—posed by exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical widely used in the production of ...

Regular exposure to bisphenol A from food, drink, and other sources means that the commodity chemical shows up at low levels in the urine of essentially everyone. That fact has created a lot of ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used as a plasticizer in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin production. In addition, it is used as an additive agent in the fabrication process of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as ...

A chemical of concern that first grabbed headlines in 2008 could finally be on its way out of metal food packaging. The substance, bisphenol A, was once prevalent as a monomer used to make epoxy ...