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   From: samhill@drama.org   
      
   A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has   
   been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.   
      
   Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health   
   specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were found   
   to contain bisphenol A (BPA), according to laboratory testing by dTest, a   
   Czech consumer organisation. Philips said they had carried out subsequent   
   testing and found no BPA, while Sophie la Girafe said the amount found was   
   insignificant.   
      
   All three dummies were marketed as either “BPA- free” or “natural rubber”.   
      
   BPA is a synthetic chemical used in the production of plastics, but it has   
   a structure similar to the female hormone, oestrogen, which it mimics in   
   the bodies of humans and other animals.   
      
   Chloe Topping, a campaigner with Chem Trust, who was not involved in the   
   research, said: “The health effects of BPA are extensive: breast cancer,   
   prostate cancer, endometriosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, altered   
   immune system, effects on reproduction, brain development and behaviour,   
   including behaviour in children.”   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/18/chemical-linked-impaired-   
   sexual-development-found-dummies-tests   
      
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