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Valérie S. Langlois, Professor/Professeure titulaire, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Science shows that BPA and other endocrine disruptors are harmful to human health, which should incite tighter regulations

BPA is an industrial chemical used to make hard, clear plastic known as polycarbonate. It's also used in the lining of some cans. Many hard plastic bottles no longer contain BPA, and it's illegal to sell baby bottles with BPA in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

More than two decades after the publication of Our Stolen Future, what is the state of research on endocrine disruptors? Are those sneaky contaminants continue to interfere with our hormones?

In the book, scientists Theo Colborn and John Peterson Myers, along with journalist Dianne Dumanoski, shed light on the terrible effects that many environmental contaminants are having on the health of living things, as they interact with the hormonal system, also called the endocrine system.

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