New studies raise concerns over critical health risks from

Yahoo! India News: "'For the first time a series of articles will appear together that identify that billions of kilograms of a number of chemicals used in the manufacture of different types of plastic can leach out of plastic products and cause harm to the brain and reproductive system when exposure occurs during fetal life or prior to weaning,' emphasized Dr. Frederick vom Saal, Guest Editor of the 'Plastic World'.

The studies have been published in a special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, 'A Plastic World.'"