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The side effects of BPA could linger for generations, new research finds.
BY EMILY MAIN
A moment on your lips…forever changing your family’s genes?
A moment on your lips, forever in your family genetics? Bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used in canned food linings—and in other consumer products too numerous to list—was just implicated in a new study as negatively affecting the health not just of those who ate it but also of four generations of their children. Considering that BPA is found in 90 percent of Americans’ blood, that’s a lot of children who could potentially be impacted by an innocent can of spaghetti ‘n’ meatballs.
The new study, published in the journal Endocrinology, was looking at the trans-generational effects of BPA on mice. The researchers fed BPA-laden food to one set of mouse mothers and regular food to another, then monitored…
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