[Pharmwaste] "Plastics chemical phthalate may shorten pregnancy", and "Decision on BPA ban hoped for soon"

[DeBiasi,Deborah]

Plastics chemical phthalate may shorten pregnancy.
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AT52220091130>  Pregnant women
who are exposed to higher levels of an increasingly controversial
chemical in certain plastics may deliver their babies slightly earlier
than women with less exposure, results of a study hint. Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com> . 1 December 2009.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AT52220091130


Decision on BPA ban hoped for soon.
<http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/78190152.html>  After
the FDA missed its self-imposed deadline for a new ruling on the safety
of bisphenol A, a spokesman said Monday that agency scientists are
"pushing hard" to get a decision within a few weeks. Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel <http://www.jsonline.com> , Wisconsin. 1 December 2009.
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/78190152.html



Deborah L. DeBiasi 
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PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents
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