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  • nprfreshair: Today’s Fresh Air, Susan Freinkel on chemicals in plastics: “These chemicals act in a more convoluted and complicated way.  ”They interfere with our hormones and they interfere with the endocrine system, which is the network of glands that orchestrate growth and development. And there’s some research showing that DEHP, this chemical that’s in vinyl [used in IV bags] has this property. It interferes with testosterone.” [complete interview here]

    nprfreshair:

    Today’s Fresh Air, Susan Freinkel on chemicals in plastics: “These chemicals act in a more convoluted and complicated way.  ”They interfere with our hormones and they interfere with the endocrine system, which is the network of glands that orchestrate growth and development. And there’s some research showing that DEHP, this chemical that’s in vinyl [used in IV bags] has this property. It interferes with testosterone.” [complete interview here]

    Tagged: plastics toxic

    Posted on April 19, 2011 via NPR Fresh Air with 88 notes

    Source: NPR

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    26. accol said: I’ll listen to this show. As a chemist, I won’t claim that all chemicals are safe; my training prohibits me from making those claims w/o data. But, headlines like this tend to make folks paranoid about any chemical. How will you counteract this?
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      We have reported extensively...inside plastics for some time now. Namely,
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      This actually really bothers me.
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