eOne question that has come up is how do toxins that we still encounter at chronic levels influence our progression or even how we feel. One of those things that is nearly impossible to control anymore is air pollution. One thing we can is eliminating BPA from our lives. As many already know, BPS mimics estrogen in our systems, but what we do not yet know is how profoundly it disrupts our estrogen homeostasis. This is rather important for us as researchers are just learning that estrogen has a big influence on dopamine levels and transmission, but it looks to alter glucose homeostasis in the pancreas. This can lead to Type II Diabetes.


Estrogen mimics at low doses change how brain cells manage dopamine.

Xenoestrogens and Diabetes

Incidence of Type II Diabetes has been soaring in the US but is dismissed as an outcome of poor diet. Maybe it is BPA? Also interesting to note links found between diabetes and PD. Could this be related to BPAs? When we hear BPS we think of plastic water bottles, but it is also used as lining in canned goods.

Don't count on the FDA to do an anything about it. They care first and foremost about chemical manufacturing profits or so it seems. It is mind boggling that they will consider only one flawed study (their own) as the gold standard on BPA. Sounds familiar in that they ignore all the research on Duodopa for example. All they do or fail to do seems linked to their own agenda. They reviewed the BPA situation in 2009 and again under lawsuit but hold fast that there is insufficient evidence; well when 90% of the populace has BPA readily detected in their blood stream, it doesn't bode well for research mandates a control group.

Further reading:

FDA 'Wrong' Not To Ban BPA, Health Advocates Say

Anyway would be interesting to look more closely at disease stats and the rise of BPA in our lifestyle of convenience.

Laura