January 9, 2010 – 7:28 pm
EmpowHer
January 5, 2010
Did you know that a common chemical used in the manufacture of plastics has been linked with cancer and numerous other conditions? The chemical, Bisphenol-A, or BPA, has been used to make plastic baby bottles for decades and has put billions of people throughout the world, who were bottle fed, at risk of cancer, hormone disorders and infertility.
BPA is in many other products from DVD’s to resin, but its use in baby bottles is particularly concerning because when BPA heats up, it can leach out of the bottle and end up in formula milk to be ingested by the baby, causing tissue damage, hormone disruption and increasing the risk of developing cancer in later life.
January 3, 2010 – 12:45 pm
Mercola.com
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
December 31 2009
Laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group have detected bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic component and synthetic estrogen, in umbilical cord blood of American infants.
Nine of 10 randomly selected samples of cord blood tested positive for BPA, an industrial petrochemical.
November 11, 2009 – 10:29 pm
US News World Report
November 11, 2009 11:10 AM ET | Ford Vox
Bisphenol-A, better known as BPA, is the building block of polycarbonates and epoxy resins, plastics that have facilitated modern life. (They’re in microwave containers, baby bottles, laptops, and even canned foods.) Tiny amounts circulate in the bodies of more than 90 percent of Americans. And now a team of Chinese and U.S. scientists says it has linked the stuff to sexual dysfunction in men. Even before today’s news, plenty of people were getting the willies about BPA. Should this news make you feel less virile? Let’s take a closer look.
Puppet Gov
Posted by PUPPETGOV on Jul 13th, 2009
BY MONIFA THOMAS~Chicago Suntimes
Exposure to Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics, may impair the growth and function of female reproductive cells in mice, a new study from the University of Illinois has found.
Previous lab tests in animals have linked BPA to adverse effects in fetuses and newborns, raising concerns about similar effects in people.
Environmental Health News
July 13, 2009
Yang YJ, YC Hong, SY Oh, MS Park, H Kim, JH Leem, and EH Ha. 2009. Bisphenol A exposure is associated with oxidative stress and inflammation in postmenopausal women. Environmental Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2009.04.014.
Synopsis by Michele A. La Merrill, Ph.D. and Wendy Hessler
Women in menopause are more prone to the BPA-associated health effects of inflammation and oxidative stress than either men or women who are still menstruating, finds this study of Korean adults. This is the first time BPA has been linked to these conditions in people and suggests older women may be more susceptible to the chemical’s estrogen-like manner that drives these particular types of cell damage. Oxidative stress can be involved with aging, cancer and other disease states.
The Huffington Post
Charlotte Hilton Andersen
Runs the health and fitness site The Great Fitness Experiment
Posted May 6, 2009 | 04:36 PM (EST)
In what had to be one of the most awkward studies to both participate in and administer, Danish researchers studied the onset of breast development in 2,095 European girls. Let’s hope that was self-reported. All pedophilic weirdness aside, the researchers found something very interesting: the average age of breast development in European girls has dropped one year, from 10.8 to 9.8 years.
Health & Wellness Digest
Posted by hwd editor in Headache on May 3, 2009 |
Hormonal headaches are suffered by women and can take place during the menstrual cycle. Hormones are what induces the pain response so both men and hormones prompt women’s headaches. Headaches are sometimes our body using a warning system that something serious is going on. Hormones regulate and start many of the body’s functions, so it is not surprising that they are in some way connected to headaches.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Acne, Adolescent Girls, Bioidentical Hormones, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Migraines, Mothers & Daughters, Natural Progesterone, PMDD, PMS, Periods, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension, Sexual Health, Teens, Women's Health
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“Progesterone infertility can mean there’s either an excess of estrogen, a condition called estrogen dominance, or there’s a deficiency of progesterone. Progesterone and estrogen are two vital hormones to the life and well-being of every woman. However, progesterone is the hormone of fertility and pregnancy.”
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Adolescent Girls, Bioidentical Hormones, Cervarix, Endometriosis, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Infertility, Menopause, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Natural Progesterone, PMDD, PMS, Peri-Menopause, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Post Menopausal Women, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health
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Our Stolen Future
While Bisphenol A was first synthesized in 1891, the first evidence of its estrogenicity came from experiments in the 1930’s feeding BPA to ovariectomised rats (Dodds and Lawson 1936, 1938).
Another compound invented during that era, diethylstilbestrol, turned out to be more powerful as an estrogen, so bisphenol A was shelved… until polymer [...]
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Bioidentical Hormones, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Breast Health, Cancer, Estrogen, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Men, Natural Progesterone, Science, Weight, Women's Health
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September 4, 2008 – 4:47 pm
Blogger News Network
Posted on September 4th, 2008
by Nancy Reyes in All News, Breaking News, Business News, Country News, Economic News, Environmental News, Medical News, Research News, Science News, Society and Culture, US Government News, US News
One of the environmental stories that has worried some of us for years is again in the news.
There is a [...]
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Posted in Adolescent Girls, Breast Health, Education, Estrogen, Infertility, Memory Loss, Men, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Mothers & Daughters, Pregnancy, Puberty, Wellness, Women's Health
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