Common plastics linked to heart disease

A study has for the first time linked a common chemical used in everyday products such as plastic drink containers and baby bottles to health problems, specifically heart disease and diabetes.

Until now, environmental and consumer activists who have questioned the safety of bisphenol A, or BPA, have relied on studies showing harm from exposure in laboratory animals.

But British researchers, who published their findings yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed urine and blood samples from 1,455 US adults aged 18 to 74 who were representative of the general population.