Is plastic dangerous?

Research|Penn State: : "“BPA is definitely a concern,” says Peters, “but, as of right now, the data are not complete enough to establish a cause and effect between the use of these plastics and the onset of disease,” he cautions. 

The problem, he explains, is that not enough studies have been done in humans. “We don’t really know how BPA works to cause these health problems. BPA is known to mimic the hormone estrogen, but the exact mechanism is not known.”

Although taking a somewhat skeptical view of the BPA controversy, Peters concedes that the groups most at risk for any potential health risks are babies and young children, who would be exposed to BPA by using plastic baby bottles and consuming canned formula. A report from the National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program investigated the potential human reproductive and developmental risks posed by exposure to BPA and concluded that it has 'some concern for effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposures to bisphenol-A.'"