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Missouri biologist Frederick vom Saal and his team exposed the dangers of bisphenol A — and earned the wrath of the plastic industry. 

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click to flip through (3) Since his lab made frightening discoveries about the plastic lining of aluminum cans, MU professor Frederick vom Saal drinks his beer from glass bottles. - Angela C. Bond
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  • Since his lab made frightening discoveries about the plastic lining of aluminum cans, MU professor Frederick vom Saal drinks his beer from glass bottles.
   
 

Bisphenol A

Frederick vom Saal

Susan Nagel

Wade Welshons

Dow Chemical

Rob Krebs

American Chemistry Council

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As for Welshons and Nagel, they're married with six-year-old twins. Even they haven't been able to follow the no-plastic rule perfectly. They used glass baby bottles, but recently they discovered that the detachable nipples contained traces of bisphenol A.

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