Fetal Exposure to PVC Plastic Chemical Linked to Obesity in Offspring

Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin — which is used in marine hull paint and PVC plastic — can lead to obesity for multiple generations without subsequent exposure, a UC Irvine study has found.  Comment: this one more environmental study echoes the environmentalist activist claims about almost anything that people eat that contains any man-made component.  While this is interesting and the authors have coined one more new word “obesogen” this looks like one more politically activated study looking for a reason to exist.
Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - Category: Epidemiologists Authors: Tags: Chronic Disease Community Health Environment epidemiology research Source Type: blogs