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題名: Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies
記者: By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
発行日: November 8, 2009
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/opinion/08kristof.html
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【Answers to Content Questions/内容についての質問の正解】
1 More than 92 percent of Americans have BPA in their urine and the
chemical has been linked breast cancer, obesity, attention deficit
disorder and genital abnormalities in boys and girls.
2 The BPA is from the interior coating used in cans.
3 Scientists working for industry are likely to find BPA innocuous,
while the vast majority of independent scientists are increasingly
concerned about exposure to the chemical.
4 Last year Canada became the first country to conclude that BPA can
be hazardous to humans.
5 The Food and Drug Administration has relied largely on industry
studies.
