Results showed that BPA-exposed girls were more likely to exhibit aggression and ADD, while boys to a lesser degree exhibited anxiety and depression.

The children will be evaluated as they grow older to measure the continued effect of the intra-uterine exposure.

A blog called BPAPlastic.com posted an article recently about BPA contamination in the oceans. BPA is of course bisphenol A, a synthetic estrogen and carcinogen used to strengthen and condition plastic. Scientists have found BPA contamination in seawater and sand at the shores of several different countries, said the blog, and are working to investigate further.

On the BPA controversy, the panel weighs in on the side of caution. “Studies of BPA have raised alarm bells for decades, and the evidence is still complex and open to debate. That’s life: In the real world, regulatory decisions usually must be made with ambiguous and conflicting data. The panel’s point is that we should be prudent in such situations, rather than recklessly approving chemicals of uncertain effect,” wrote Kristof.

Among the panel’s recommendations: filter your drinking water, and store it in glass or stainless steel containers.

I guarantee you’ll learn something from watching this video on bottled water, its environmental impact, its hazards to your health, and its cost. Nine million gallons were sold in the U.S. in 2008. Did you buy any? I hope not!

When endocrine disrupters like BPA were first questioned in the 1990s, she recalls laughing about it. Now BPA safety is under serious study.But still, health-conscious people tend to respond with doubt and inertia when confronted with a possible threat.

What we need to do is band together and demand accountability, she says.