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increased in the past year as a handful of studies and report linked the ubiquitous
chemical -- widely used in plastics such as baby bottles and other drink containers
-- to metabolic disorders, heart disease and male sexual dysfunction.
Also, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced it would review
safety data on another common chemical, triclosan, which is used in antibacterial
soaps and washes, toothpastes and cosmetics, after lab tests on animals were
concerning.
In the report, Leffal and Smith recommended that physicians routinely ask about
their current workplace and living environment as a routine part of collecting
patient history.
They also recommended: