A gender-bending chemical found in sunglasses, baked bean cans and shop receipts fuels potentially fatal narrowing of the arteries, research suggests.The study of British men and women found a clear link between high levels of bisphenol A and the clogging up of the arteries the provide the heart with oxygen-rich blood. Coronary heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer, claiming almost 100,000 lives a year by triggering heart attacks and other problems. Bisphenol A, a building-block of many commonly-used plastics, has been linked to heart disease before. The latest study, from Exeter University and its Peninsula Medical School, hints at how it might damage the heart.
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