Study finds hormone-disrupting chemicals in 92% of Seattle breast milk samples
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Tom Perkins
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Summary
A peer-reviewed study found that 92% of breast milk samples from mothers in Seattle contained dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals such as BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan. These chemicals pose serious risks to infant development by interfering with critical hormones, even at very low exposure levels. Experts describe the findings as evidence of a widespread, systemic problem of chemical contamination.
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· 3 pulledBreast milk samples from mothers in Seattle contain alarming levels of dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals, including BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan, new peer-reviewed research has found.
The chemicals present a serious risk to infants because they likely interfere with hormones that are critical to newborns' proper development, and have been found to be harmful at very low levels of exposure.
About 92% of 50 samples were contaminated with at least one of the anti-microbials or plasticizers for which researchers checked.
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