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Plastic Bottles -- Potentially Dangerous?

Dr. Wright told you in the July issue of Nutrition & Healing that all plastic bottles and packaging could increase your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Around that same time, another study came to light showing that Type 2 diabetes is just the tip of the plastic iceberg. As it turns out, it also increases your risk of developing prostate cancer. And this isn't just a problem for men to be concerned about-the study suggests that pregnant women exposed to this chemical could be putting their babies at risk later in life.

Plastic products contain a harmful substance called bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical that mimics estrogen activity. It's also an endocrine disruptor, something that has been shown to cause infertility and precancerous changes in experimental animals. Recently, when researchers at the University of Illinois exposed BPA to laboratory rats, they found that babies who were exposed to the substance in the womb had a higher risk of developing prostate cancer as adults.

The mice exposed to BPA had higher levels of a molecule called phosphodiesterase 4-something that helps regulate cell growth and differentiation. The researchers noticed this change even before there were any obvious sign of tissue damage, which led them to believe that having high levels of phosphodiesterase 4 could be an early warning sign of prostate cancer.end WP import block

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