bpa is a synthetic chemical similar to the hormone estrogen. bpa is most widely known for its use, now largely banned, in baby bottles. but it's in most consumer goods. >> just one word. >> yes, sir. >> are you listening? >> yes, sir. >> plastics. even the producers of the 1967 movie the graduate had no idea how ubiquitous plastics, and later bpa, would become. >> chemists in the 1950s, found that if they linked these bpa molecules together, they could make a plastic. and now it's become this very large industry, something like 10 billion pounds of this chemical are made a year. >> its used in medical flasks, medical equipment, the resins that line today about 80% of food cans that are on super market shelves in america. or a dust that's painted on paper receipts that come out of atm machines. >> its an incredibly useful molecule but over the last 15 years we've discovered that its also tied to a wide range of adverse effects. >> there is a wealth of evidence linking bpa exposure to early puberty, prostate disease, breast cancer, and changes in

a chemical in plastics called bpa and concerns now how it could cause health problems. now, a possible new study finding, a possible cause for concern for moms and their newborns, especially boys. a report from our chief science correspondent, robert bazell. >> reporter: jenna, like many moms, worries about producting her young kids from chemical contamination. especially the effects of the the chemical, bpa, found in plastics. >> i'm avoiding plastic in general. we try to drink out of glass. all of our water bottles, we take away with us, are reuseable. they're glass or metal. >> reporter: a new study suggests that moms may be passing along effects of bpa to their kids. in a study of 500 pregnant women, those with the highest levels of bpa have lower thyroid levels. and so did their infant sons. why only boys? scientists aren't sure. but they see the same thing in animal studies. thyroid hormones help control many systems in the body and can affect childhood development. >> if bpa is affecting the levels during pregnancy, this could be affecting the learning, memory an

especially the effects of bpa, found in plastics. >> i'm avoiding plastic in general. we try to drink out of glass. all of our water bottles are reuseable. >> reporter: a new stud zi suggests moms may be passing along bpa to their kids at birth. in a study, those with the highest levels of bpa had lower thyroid levels themselves and so did their sons. why boys? scientists aren't sure, but they've seen the same thing in animal studies. thyroid hormones help control many systems in the body. >> if bpa is impacting the levels during pregnancy, it could be affecting the learning of children later in life. >> reporter: it is part of many widely used plastic products. most americans have trace amounts in their bodies. while there have been many studies of bpa in animals, this is the first to show an effect on hormones in pregnant women and their newborns. in a statement, the american chemistry council said the author's speculation that bpa is linked to health affects caused by thyroid levels in women and newborns is not spored by the data. the authors know the levels reporte

this raises concerns about the affect of the controversial plastic additive on the fetus. >> this bpa is a chemical found in hard plastics and hard to avoid. researchers say 95% of the population has detectable levels in their bod skbreez animal studies have shown females are better at metabolizing bpa. >> uc berkeley researchers found pregnant women with higher levels have lower levels of an important thyroid hormone. it could hurt their baby boys. >> important thing about looking at levels during pregnancy is that you need proper hormone levels for proper brain development. >> the director of ucsf's program on reproductive health and the environment. >> so there is a developing fetus is dependent on maternal levels so if the mom has decreased levels, then that means fetus is going to be getting less hormone autos at this point there is no cause for panic. >> the lead author of the study says it's important to remember it's the first of its kind and results need to be confirmed. >> i won't say this is alarming but these hormones as i said are very important for development. >> and sa

compound bpa mimics female hormone estrogen mothers with high levels of bpa had a less active thyroidile their newborn boy had a more active thyroid no impact on baby girls. normal thyroid function is essential to growth of fetuses and children. >>> fundraiser gets underway shortly in the east bay to raise money for an organization that helps victims of domestic violence. actor and former pro football player victor rivers of the dolphins will be the keynote speaker at the annual benefit luncheon. you can see rivers spoke to cheryl jennings this morning about the abuse he endured as a child. >> i graw up in a home where domestic violence and child abuse took place on a level of torture. when i say that i'm not exaggerating, i was beaten, tied up, locked in closets, hammered, burned. to name a few of the things that happened. what i had to witness was harder the unbelievable brutality against my mother. >> rivers is now a national spokesman for victims of abuse. he says organizations like stand for families, free of violence in need of assistance. for more information and how you can he

compound bpa mimics female hormone estrogen mothers with high levels of bpa had a less active thyroidheir newborn b had a more activ thyroid no pact on by girl noal thyro function is essential to growth of fetuses and children. >>> fundraiser gets underway shortly in the east bay to raise money for an organization that helps victims of domestic violence. actor and rmer o footll playvictor rive of the dolphins wilbe the keynote speakeat the annual benefit luncheon. you can see rivers spoke to cheryl jennings this morning about the abuse he endured as a child. >> i graw up in a home where domestic violence and child abuse took place on a level of torture. when i say that i'm not exaggerating, i was beaten, tied up, locked in closets, hammered, burned. to name a few of the things that happened. what i had to witness was harder the unbelievable brutality against my mother. >> rivers is now a national spokesman for victims of abuse. he says organizations like stand for families, free of violence in need of assistance. for more information and how you can help go to abc7news.com and click o

bpa is found in many household items, including canned good lining and in plastic bottles. you can limit your exposure by eating foods that are not heavily packaged and also buying bottles that are bpa-free. >>> 5:25 right now. bay area weather this week, all about the extremes. christina loren telling us it started hot, finishing cool. >> yeah, finishing cool. i will say that i do believe we have hit our highest point for the year. unfortunately, we hit it for the first week of october. we do have another warmup on the way as we head through the end of next week, but temperatures are going to cool. we're going to see overcast conditions starting this morning at the coast. 59 degrees in san francisco right now. we're at 58 in livermore. i'll let you know if we're expecting showers in your city over the course of the weekend and we're going to take an in-depth look at some of the forecast for the major events happening for the mega weekend in san francisco. let's check out your drive at 5:26. >> hey, the drive is fine. unfortunately you don't have to wait until the weekend f

berkeley study finds bpa's estrogen-like qualities can alter thyroid levels. those go down in the mom but up in the baby. doctors say small changes could affect the development in young children. >>> and health experts are trying to pinpoint the source of a meningitis outbreak which has left four people dead and dozens more sick. all of the victims received steroid injections for back pain before becoming ill. most of the cases were at a national clinic. and now, the massachusetts pharmacy which was the source of the steroid, has closed. >>> and a disturbing, new report about the generic version of a popular drug. the fda has asked a pharmaceutical company to stop shipping its version of wellbutrin, after tests found the drug is not the same as the brand-name. teva is the largest maker of generic drugs. wellbutrin is for depression and to help people stop smoking. >>> a case of international espionage. they are accused of shipping cutting-edge technology from houston and sending it to russia. it's believed the computer components ended up in russian radar and

bpa is found in many household items, including canned good lining and in plastic bottles.hers say you can limit your exposure by eating foods that are not heavily packaged and buying bottles that are bpa free. >>> it is 6:54. time now to check in with mr. scott mcgrew who's actually here to talk about some tv shows other than ours? >> i know, but nbc is so big and powerful that we're all over the place so our co-workers are hard at work this morning. hp ceo meg when itman is on cnbc this morning. that company's shares fell 13% after whitman said the turn-around at hewlett-packard would take years and she's defending the company this morning. >> now i think we've got 320,000 employees who understand what the challenges are and as i said i would not bet against 320,000 hp employees. when we get everyone marching in the same direction, you'll be amazed what this group of people can do. so i'm confident. >> and then over at the "today" show later this morning, mark zuckerberg in his first tv interview since facebook's ipo. it's a wide-ranging interview worth watching about pro

bpa is a compound found in hard plastics, and the lining of canned goods. higher exposure was linked to thyroid changes in pregnant women and infants, especially little boys. all the changes were within the normal range, but researchers say it raises concern because the thyroid plays a role in the cognitive development of children and unborn babies. >>> if you're one of the millions that uses facebook, you know it's free. unless you want to pay the social network to promote a picture or announcement. a brand new feature lets you push a post to the top of your friends' news feed. it costs about $7. it was released to a small group of users yesterday, but businesses have been able to pay facebook to insert sponsored stories into news feeds, but this is the very first time facebook is charging the average user to share information. >>> 4:46. wall street hoping to rebound this morning after a grim forecast from silicon valley tech giant hp. for that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie at cnbc world headquarters. jackie, good morning. >> g

among mothers with high levels of bpa they found a less active thyroid more active in boys no impacts in many plastic bottles, dental sealants, -- >> what may be the future of painkillers. the black mom -- the black mambo snake is one of deadliest on the planet one bite can kill a person in 20 minutes researchers say the venom has a compound that could rival morphine and does not respiratory affects. further study on the way to see if it works on people. >>> next, breaking traffic news, major bart delays across the bay, commute direction, sue hall will have an update. >>> mark zuckerberg made a major announcement less than two hours ago, the big milestone the company just reached. >>> forget cardboard boxes, the company giving customers a greener option.

. >>> in tonight's health alert another red flag is being raised over the chemical bpa. it's used to make hard plastics and dental items. most of us have it in our body but the fda banned it in baby bottles. now a study find it's can change pregnant women and newborn boys thyroid levels. when the baby boys level was higher apparently the levels went up. researchers worry that even small changes in the function could change the behavior and development of young children. >>> you know as it gets colder we tend to get more cold and sniffles. there may be another reason to have the congestion and cough. it could be fall allergies. >> reporter: when the leaves turn and fall to the ground allergies can make a come back. >> mostly you will see ragweed. that's the biggest one that comes out. in the spring more of the pollen, grasses, molds. >> reporter: it's easy to mace take fall allergies for a cold. >> you will have congestion, coughing, sneezing, you know some of the ways you can tell is if you have a fever, it's probably a cold. allergies don't normally have a fever. colds

on the right we have, the upper right we have a big baby bottle in the bpa movement. don't give your baby milk from baby bottles because they will all die from a plastic baby bottles made from in the bottom, this is what we wanted to put on the cover of her book. this is the anti-genetic modification movement, the demon corn because corn is genitically-modified to have a toxin which kills insects so they don't like that. we told the publisher this is a picture in our book and they went crazy when i put it on the cover of the book. unfortunately that was the book cover we wanted. also basic scientific research has been opposed by members of the progressive left. the upper left corner, they are opposed to all animal research. keep in mind this this isn't jut chimpanzee of research which we probably shouldn't be doing or our primate research like big primates like varela's. they are opposed to almost all animal research, the rats, the mice, pretty much all of her medical research comes from mice and rats and actually some of the smaller primates like rhesus monkeys and c

. >>> some products contain bpa, uc berkeley researchers study this compound ma mimics estrogen amonghers with -- [ unintelligible ] >>> major pharmaceutical company stop shipping anti-depressant fda says the pill does not work the way it should. in 300 milligram doses the drug does not work as well as wellbutrin. the pill fails to release the drug too a patient's blood at the same rate and the same extent as wellbutrin. the study doesn't say why. the study points out the 150 milligram version of the drug does work effectively. >>> to what may be the future of painkillers. black mambo snake is one of the deadly on the planet. researchers say the venom holds a compound that can rival morphine and does not have morphine's side effects of respiratory issues. further studies underway to see if it works on people. >>> the presidential debate mitt romney struck a nerve with social media when he said he would eliminate the subsidy for the public broadcast system. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs, i like pbs, i love big bird. >> someone speedly -- immediately started a fire big -- [ un

the issuance on august 01, 2012, to shane busch, permit to alter a building (work related to approved bpa no. 2011/10/14/6816; underground expansion to garage - addition of 697sf; all new work is underground; new elevator up to 1st floor level; seismic upgrade; interior remodel of 1st floor level; mandatory sprinkler work under separate permit). we'll start with the appellant. you have seven minutes. >> thank you, president, commissioner lazarus, vice president fung. i put this picture -- can you see that? this is the property in question, where the construction is going on. and you can see just to the right, in the photo, is my house, which is -- starts at the street, and goes directly back. the house under construction begins a couple -- back, and then the houses are cojoined at that point. the purpose of our appeal is not to overturn the project. we would like to reduce the risk to my house. and by the way, i have my engineer here, rhine hart -- who knows much more about this. if you have a question for him, let me know. we'd like to narrow the scope to make it safer to reduce the amou

we're at the blossom hill bpa station, food trucks have converged to serve hungry customers but soonorts to try to raise minimum wage to $10. >> right now, no. it's hard. i've got a son. a human bill board standing on street corners for $8 an hour, he earns $168 a week. and he will see a jump in pay to 10s fdz it passes. supporters say it's the only way for low wage earners to survive. >> there is average rent of $1800 a month there is no way a person making $8 an hour can survive, minimum wage is 3 to $0 a week. >> there is a proposal that believes smallfá and medium sized businesses will be hard pressed to pay higher rages. >> they rely on minimum wage workers as they scale back, it's note that had means fewer jobs for minimum wage worker autos supporters have been pouring over economic studies saying businesses will benefit from less turnover. will cost $600,000 a year and make it comply kuwaited. >> this will create problems for companies that have to have operations in more than one city look food trucks or company as cross the street from one another. >> there is fate now in th

there i >>> findings of a study out of uc berkeley are raising concerns about the chemical known as bpa showing mothers with high levels had less active thoi roids and the thyroids of newborn boys were more active. there is no impact found among newborn girls and this is commonly found in other containers and in the lining of food and beverage can autos people understand how easy to break a heart but how about making one? there is a group of researchers developed a blueprint they say could have a profound affect. >> through a microscope there is no mistaking beating. these heart cells were created in a bay area lab and have helped researchers unlock secrets of how a heart becomes a heart it helps to know what switches exist how they're connected and what they turn on or shut off. >> so this team set out to map the genetic switches locked inside of the dna of embryonic stem cells to see how it becomes a hearts cell. >> this is setting right switches to turn genes on or off. >> to begin, the research had to coax millions of embryonic stem cells into becoming beating heart cells in a petri

early findings when mothers had lie levels of bpa, their newborns had a more active thyroid.ing canned food lining and also in plastic bottles. researchers say you can limit your exposure by eating foods that are not heavily packaged and by buying bottles that are bpa-free. >>> thursday morning, a busy commute. let's check it now with mike. >> very tough. this live picture shows you just part of the picture. northbound 101, slow. also north 280 and 680. into the back-up from the 101/85 split. 280 jammed all the way into cupertino. slowed down the peninsula from milbury all the way into palo alto. 280, an accident has cleared. there's oakland. >> thank you, mike. for the latest news updates, find us on facebook. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. let the making begin >>> 8:30 now on this thursday morning. it's th

bpa was banned beginning in july of 2013. >>> tanning beds and skin cancer, they say indoor tanning is to at least 170,000 cases of carcinoma each year. the world health organization has also classified ultra violate ratings from tanning beds as a class 1 carcinogen. >>> a senate investigation finds they wasted millions in the process. taxpayers spent $2 million on a center, for example, that never opened. $45,0000 on a decked-out suv. >> the report doesn't make any solid recommendations on changes. it just criticizes changes that have taken place over history. >> the department of homeland security says the centers have played a crucial role in investigating and possibly disrupting a number of terrorist plots in the united states. >>> that world-famous hollywood sign is getting a face lift. workers are applying a new coat of plate. but they'll have to put a primer on first. the whole job is expected to take eight to ten weeks. >> we have to put on 2700 pounds of paint on nine letters and that's about 15 houses' worth of paint. >> i was excited to paint a landmark, something i could sh

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why did the fda say in july that bpa would be banned from baby bottles and sippie cups?ey're in our bottled water. they're in our food containers. they're in many other products. why not ban bpa from everything if it's harmful for infants and young children, isn't it harmful for the rest of us? so these are questions we would like to answer. it is a partnership between government and industry and the individual. >> we have to continue to press those efforts. in terms of research, though, and you said it, doctor, we lost probably the best friend to cancer research in the united states when arlen specter died this week. >> i'm sorry to hear that. the good news is more can be done. he has laid the work for us to pursue this. and it can be done if there is bold leadership. >> he got an extra $10 billion in the research budget for nih, arlen did. >> well, are the book is "a world without cancer." margaret cuomo, thank you so much. nice to meet you. >>> still ahead a first look inside the new issue of "gq." the deputy managing editor mi michael haney joins us. iney joi. we're

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researchers say the pregnant women exposed to high levels of bpa have reduced levels of a thyroid hormoneby boys show that. it is found in common items like that. california lawmakers have banned their use for children beginning in july. >> 8:39. a popular japanese clothing retailer is coming to san francisco today. una glow will open its west coast flagship store there. there is a party starting at 4:00 to mark the grand opening. the new store is on powell street there. there are several reports apple's newest and smallest ipad is already in production. it could be revealed before the end of the month according to one. the report says the miniscreen is smaller than eight inches and expected to cost less than 500 collars. other company's minitablets cost around 200 dollars haven't the new ktvu ipad app is ready to download. watch our newscasts live plus that anytime anywhere. >> 8:40. why sex offenders are challenging a california law. why it has to do with halloween and why they claim it is not fair. >> how an occupy protest is linked to a corruption case that could lead to a local polic

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