Study Finds BPA, Mercury In Most Canadians’ Blood

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Posted August 16, 2010 7:54 pm.

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The Canadian Health Measures Survey, released Monday by Statistics Canada, says 91 per cent of Canadians aged six to 79 had bisphenol A in their urine.

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