BPA-free plastics not as safe as previously thought [1]

In a study published in the NIH journal Environmental Health Perspectives [2], researchers at the University of Texas-Austin 455 store-bought food containers and storage products and determined that "almost all" plastics that were tested leached synthetic estrogens and showed evidence of EA [estrogenic activity].

Scientists say, BPA or no BPA, any chemical that tampers with the endocrine system -- the system of glands that controls hormones in the human body -- is potentially dangerous. BPA and other estrogen mimickers have been linked to to breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes, obesity, and hormone abnormalities in children.