Chemicals from Plastic may Induce Heart Problems
Bisphenol A (BPA) the chemical found in clear plastic bottles may be linked to causing heart problems in women. The issues that researchers have found are arrhythmia and irregular heartbeat, especially heightened among women who are generally more susceptible to cardiac issues than their male counterparts.
A Forbes health report said, "Researchers for one of the studies to be presented this week concluded that estrogen and BPA cause heartbeat irregularities in heart cells isolated from rats and mice."Basically, it's very clear that BPA is acting like estrogen," said study co-author Scott Belcher, an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati. "If we give estrogen at physiological concentrations, then add BPA, it's actually a synergistic effect. It's not like adding the two together. It's worse."
Millions of pounds of BPA are used in products all over the world, many of which are in common materials we use daily. High risk patients like those with family history, diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol are urged to get scanned and regularly checked, and it seems that women should also be getting heart scans and check-ups.
