Tests find chemical leaches from 'safe' products
November 24, 2008 By Susanne Rust and Meg KissingerProducts marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has found.
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Good thing that humans are quite a bit larger than mice.
Not saying that there isn't a problem with BPA but statements like the above make me wonder about the veracity of other statements made in this article.