BPA Linked to Male Sexual Dysfunction

In yet another reason to ban BPA from your home, The Washington Post released info about a new study last week that claims bisphenol A (BPA) may be behind certain, um male issues such as erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems.

The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, is interesting since up until now, all reproductive / BPA studies have been conducted with mice or rats. This new research actually involved human males. BPA is a toxic issue and one that’s hard to beat. It’s found commonly in thousands of consumer products from dishes to baby bottles to canned foods to plastic water bottles and the Post relates that BPA has been, “Detected in the urine of 93 percent of the U.S. population.” Furthermore, it could be easier then you think to build up BPA in your body. As Treehugger reported “Drinking from a polycarbonate bottle for just one week can increase the amount of BPA in your body by nearly 70 percent.”

Researchers studied 634 male workers at four factories in China who were exposed to elevated levels of BPA. Over the five year study, men handling BPA were four times as likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction and seven times as likely to have difficulty with ejaculation.

BPA has always been controversial with some, like SIGG claiming it’s not that big a deal and others working to ban BPA altogether. However, the main problem is that long-term studies on humans haven’t been conducted so if it’s bad or not, we can’t be sure. As this new study points out, things aren’t looking up (literally) for men who ingest too much BPA.

If you’re a guy and you like your bedroom time, I’d highly suggest finding a safer water bottle, one made of stainless steel and banning BPA laden plastics from your kitchen.

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