>Judy Ritchie <[log in to unmask]> posted:
>Chemicals May Play Role in Rise in Obesity
>...the suspected link between obesity and exposure to "endocrine
>disrupters," as the chemicals are called because of their hormone-like
>effects, is "plausible and possible."
>[snip] Vom Saal's research indicates that developmental exposure
>to low doses of bisphenol A activates genetic mechanisms that promote
>fat-cell activity. "These in-utero effects are lifetime effects, and 
>they occur
>at phenomenally small levels" of exposure, vom Saal said.

There also seem to be effects in the pancreas that could affect 
glucose and lipid metabolism 
<http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2005/113-8/ss.html#panc> (a brief news 
piece I wrote) and 
<http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2005/8002/abstract.html> (research article).

The Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) 
<http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/> has a draft overview on BPA research. 
The expert panel discussion was last week, but discussion wasn't 
completed and the final report is some months away.

regards,
Julia


Julia R. Barrett
Science Writer & Editor in the Life Sciences
Madison, Wisconsin
608-238-8409; [log in to unmask] 

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