But pregnant women should put off dental work until after baby is born
Widely used dental sealants and tooth repair resins contain substances that degrade into the controversial chemical BPA, but dentists can use the product safely in kids if they make sure to wipe or rinse away residue after treatment, a new study concludes. Pregnant women, however, might do better to wait until after delivery.
The benefits of sealants in preventing kids’ cavities outweighed risks associated with bisphenol A, or BPA, the chemical linked to a host of health ills and banned by many plastic bottle manufacturers, researchers find in the report published in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics.
“People shouldn’t be scared by this,” said Dr. Burton Edelstein, chairman of social and behavioral sciences at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and a co-author on the study. “The amount of exposure is extremely low. And the layer that contains BPA can be wiped off with cotton or rinsed off with a stream of water that can then be suctioned away by the dental assistant.”
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BPA sparked alarm after several studies linked the chemical to health problems, prompting many manufacturers of plastic bottles, particularly those used by children, to change their formulations to exclude the substance. In January, federal Food and Drug Administration officials called for more research on the chemical, explaining that the agency had “some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior and prostate glands of fetuses, infants and children.”...
[Full Article][Webmaster - These are the same eugenicists that recommend fluoride for "dental health"...never mind the fact that fluoride was used by the Nazis to sterilize concentration camp inmates and make them docile. Also, fluoride has been show to lower IQ's and cause cancer. So I would be hard pressed to believe BPA is not harmful just because some eugenicist doctor/scientists say so.]
