Bisphenol-A: Recent Coverage

The ongoing media coverage of BPA continues. The most recent coverage deals with a study of 634 male workers in China exposed to high levels of BPA in the workplace. The study was the first to examine the impact of prolonged occupational exposure to BPA on humans. The five-year study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, revealed that the men exposed to BPA were four times more likely to have erectile dysfunction, and seven times more likely to have ejaculation problems. The study itself recognizes that the results probably have no application to populations exposed to low levels of BPA. Nevertheless, the study results were picked up by many print media outlets in North America.