[QUOTE="Koolsen"]Generally these tests are done by injecting large amounts of the in question chemicals to rats. Exposing rats and other small creatures to large amounts of pretty much ANY chemical results in negative effects. jazznate
With this chemical that assumption is flase.
For decades, scientists in the field of toxicology have assumed that the higher the dose
of a chemical the greater the harm. Decades of studies of hormones by endocrinologists,
and recent application of methods used to study hormones to the study of hormone-
mimicking chemicals such as bisphenol A, invalidate this prediction that the dose makes
the poison. Numerous studies show that bisphenol A and other hormone-mimicking
chemicals result in great harm at very low doses that is not predicted by studies with
only very high doses. Rather than having a linear dose-response curve, the dose-re-
sponse curve for bisphenol A appears more like an inverted "U" in which lower doses of
exposure cause greater harm than higher doses. The standard tests used in toxicology
to set health standards have assumed that the dose makes the poison, thereby ignoring
the low-dose impacts of chemicals that mimic hormones. The implications of this fact
are stark: the health standards set by the government may not in reality be protecting
human health.
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/reports/environmental-health/environmental-health-reports/toxic-baby-bottles
Then the leason there is to drink large amounts of the chemical.
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