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Breast Cancer and The Estrogen Connection; Plastics - Avoiding Bisphenol (BPA), Environmental Estrogens in Everyday Products

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dc.contributor.authorStone, Heather M.
dc.contributor.authorSnedeker, Suzanne M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-08T16:04:36Z
dc.date.available2010-02-08T16:04:36Z
dc.date.issued2009-03
dc.descriptionHandout on environmental estrogens in plastics and avoiding bisphenol-A (BPA)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis handout provides information on how to avoid exposure to the environmental estrogen bisphenol-A (BPA). Researchers are concerned that even at low levels, environmental estrogens may work together with the body’s own estrogen to increase the risk of breast cancer. BPA is used in certain plastics (polycarbonate plastic) and the lining of canned food and beverages. BPA can leach out of plastics and can liners with heat. This handout tells you how to recognize products that contain BPA, how to minimize leaching from plastics with BPA, and alternative choices to plastics that contain BPA (e.g. using of stainless steel containers).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNew York State Department of Healthen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/14404
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCornell University Program Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factorsen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental estrogenen_US
dc.subjectestrogenen_US
dc.subjectplasticsen_US
dc.subjectBisphenol-Aen_US
dc.subjectBisphenol Aen_US
dc.subjectBPAen_US
dc.subjectbreast cancer risken_US
dc.subjectbreast canceren_US
dc.subjecthormoneen_US
dc.titleBreast Cancer and The Estrogen Connection; Plastics - Avoiding Bisphenol (BPA), Environmental Estrogens in Everyday Productsen_US
dc.title.alternativePlastics - Avoiding Bisphenol A (BPA) Handout, Environmental Estrogens in Everyday Productsen_US
dc.typefact sheeten_US

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