Comments on: Yale: Why BPA leached from ‘safe’ plastics may damage health of female offspring http://www.csn-deutschland.de/blog/en/yale-why-bpa-leached-from-safe-plastics-may-damage-health-of-female-offspring/ Environmental Medicine Matters Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: BrunO http://www.csn-deutschland.de/blog/en/yale-why-bpa-leached-from-safe-plastics-may-damage-health-of-female-offspring/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:32:39 +0000 http://www.csn-deutschland.de/blog/en/?p=2108#comment-3122 Meanwhile BPA is present in the media and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) considers to examine possible effects of bisphenol as Reuters says.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61O62F20100225

However, this mechanism of possible effects on the female offspring is known since 1971! It was discovered in connection with the synthetic estrogen medicament DES (diethylstilboestrol) which was given to protect against miscarriage. There was no such effect but it caused the increase of a rare cancer (vaginal clearcell adenocarcinoma) and birth defects. The Story also proved that the fetus is not protected against external influences by the placenta. The protection by the placental ‘barrier’ was taught until then. It was also a very early hint to consider the weakest an not an average adult when establishing thresholds of whatever.

Below is a PDF-link to the chapter about DES from the 2001 study “Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896–2000″ by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/issue-22-part-08.pdf

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