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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/bpa-alternative-disrupts-normal-brain-cell-growth-is-tied-to-hyperactivity-study-says/2015/01/12/a9ecc37e-9a7e-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html?hpid=z4">http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/bpa-alternative-disrupts-normal-brain-cell-growth-is-tied-to-hyperactivity-study-says/2015/01/12/a9ecc37e-9a7e-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html?hpid=z4</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="276" height="184" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D02E85.DB56C7D0" alt="http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/01/12/Interactivity/Images/80717102.jpg?uuid=i4xkCJqbEeS8-wWex6k93A"></span></font><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333"><br>
</span></font><font size="1" color="#6e6e6e" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#6E6E6E">Companies used BPS as a safe alternative to BPA. (David McNew/Getty Images)</span></font><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333">By
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/amy-ellis-nutt"><font color="#2e6d9d"><span style="color:#2E6D9D;text-decoration:none">Amy Ellis Nutt</span></font></a></span></font><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333">
</span></font><font size="1" color="#b2b2b2" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#B2B2B2">January 12 at 3:28 PM</span></font><font size="1" color="#333333" face="FranklinITCProLight"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:FranklinITCProLight;color:#333333">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have shown why a chemical
once thought to be a safe alternative to bisphenol-A, which was banned by the government for baby bottles and sippy cups, might itself be more harmful than BPA.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">University of Calgary scientists say they believe their research is
the first to show that bisphenol-S, an ingredient in many products bearing “BPA-free” labels, causes abnormal growth surges of neurons in an animal embryo.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">This disruption of prenatal cellular activity in zebra fish, which share
80 percent of their genes with humans and are considered a good model for studying human brain development, has been directly linked to hyperactivity, according to the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">“Finding the mechanism linking low doses of BPA (or BPS) to adverse
brain development and hyperactivity is almost like finding a smoking gun,” Hamid Habibi, one of the authors of the study, said in a news release.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">BPA is an industrial chemical found in many polycarbonate plastics as
well as epoxy resins, which are used to coat the inside of metal food cans. Over the past few years, dozens of studies have linked BPA, which mimics estrogen, with prostate cancer, infertility, asthma, heart disease and neurodevelopmental disorders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:9.0pt;line-height:16.8pt"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">The Federal Food and Drug Administration banned the use of BPA in baby
cups and bottles and infant formula packaging in 2012, but last month it reiterated its belief that BPA is safe to use in the lining of canned foods and beverages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">WEB site address:
<a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/">www.deq.virginia.gov</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Office of Water Permits
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</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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