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  • Hello. I’m Kimberly Walleston. Recently we brought you a look at the BPA levels in

  • cans and what that could be doing to your body. Today, a new study that shows that you

  • could be passing the damage on to your daughter. This must see story is next on InsidersHealth

  • News. BPA is just a nightmare. It’s been heavily

  • linked to cancer and it’s found in many common plastics and cans that contain our

  • food and water. Now it’s also showing a link to behavior problems in developing children.

  • But they aren’t getting the BPA as toddlers, theyre getting it in the womb. Researchers

  • from the Harvard School of Public Health and the CDC measured BPA levels in the urine of

  • almost 250 mothers throughout their pregnancies. Mothers with higher levels of the toxic component

  • tended to have 3 year old girls with anxious and depressed behavior, poor emotional control,

  • and lowered inhibition. Even worse, researchers detected some level of BPA in more than 95%

  • of the women in the study. We should point out that no link was found in male children

  • and BPA exposure after birth proves to have no developmental effect, despite the laundry

  • list of other problems it can cause. Also, a much larger study is being conducted to

  • find out if this truly is a national problem. But for the time being, you should have more

  • than enough reasons to cut BPA out of your life. That means reading labels, ditching

  • canned goods, and finding a safe water bottle because even if that seems like a lot of work,

  • raising a child with behavior problems will be a whole lot more taxing. For more information

  • on BPA, check out www.insidershealth.com, keywordBPA”. For InsidersHealth News,

  • I’m Kimberly Walleston reminding you that it’s your health, were just helping you

  • think outside the docs.

Hello. I’m Kimberly Walleston. Recently we brought you a look at the BPA levels in

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