EU moves to restrict hormone-disrupting chemical found in plastics

BPA is linked to a range of hormone-twisting health effects including cancer, learning difficulties and diabetes.A chemical found in CDs, DVDs, kettles and water bottles could soon be restricted after the EU authorities ruled that it posed a threat to human health because of its effects on hormones.The European chemicals agency (Echa) voted unanimously that bisphenol A (BPA) was an ‘endocrine disruptor’, linking it to a range of hormone-twisting health effects including cancer, learn