Canada to ban baby bottles with 'gender-bending' chemical

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Canada to ban baby bottles with 'gender-bending' chemical

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3228161/Canada-to-ban-baby-bottles-with-gender-bending-chemical.html
Lucy Cockcroft
10/20/2008

Health officials in the country have officially classified bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical added to plastics and food packaging, as toxic.

BPA mimics the female sex hormone oestrogen and has been linked to birth defects in boys, heart disease in adults, and lower sperm counts and breast cancer in animals.