Is plastic making us fat? Beth Daley at the Boston Globe takes on this question.According to Daley, some scientists have put forth an argument that chemicals found in all sorts of plastics, such as bisphenol-A and tribuyltin, can make us fat. How? By acting as endocrine disruptors, these chemicals can mimic the actions of natural hormones, including those which regulate fat cells.
One researcher in this new field, Bruce Blumberg of UC Irvine has even come up with a clever nickname for these obesity-inducing chemicals, Obesogens.
For more, be sure to check out the Boston Globe Article here.
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