Making Healthier Choices while Eating Out-The Danger of Plastic

Patricia Hunt, PhD Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University is the geneticist who discovered the dangers of the endocrine disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic products twenty years ago. Her latest study examined the effects of several BPA alternatives. She found that that these replacements impact reproduction in mice in much the same way as BPA. She offered advice to consumers on how to avoid products that may contain these hormone-disrupting compounds.