Maine Gov Says BPA No Concern, Just Gives Women "Little Beards"
This has to be one of the weirder anecdotes in the ongoing BPA saga in the US. Maine governor Paul LePage was discussing the health risks of BPA the other day, and decided that it wasn't much of an issue. The only bad thing that could come out of too much exposure to BPA, he believes, would be women growing little beards. You can't make this stuff up.
Here's his amazingly scientifically-minded quote, via the Bangor Daily News:
"Quite frankly, the science that I'm looking at says there is no [problem]," LePage said. "There hasn't been any science that identifies that there is a problem."
LePage then added: "The only thing that I've heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards."
Bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor, and has been shown to cause a host of health issues, especially developmental problems in children.
I don't think I even have to comment.
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