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A multi-year study which examined 634 workers in China found that workers in BPA manufacturing facilities, in comparison to those working in facilities where no BPA was present, had more than four times the risk of erectile dysfunction, more than seven times the risk of ejaculation difficulty, and almost four times the risk of reduced sexual desire and overall satisfaction with their sex life. Increasing BPA exposure was associated with increasing sexual dysfunction risk.

The study was released late Tuesday and was funded by the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

BPA is used to make the linings for canned foods, and some of the exposed workers in the study were involved in making these. Canned foods remain a prime suspect of BPA exposure. Previous testing of canned foods was conducted in Canada by the Globe and Mail/CTV and last week, Consumer Reports found BPA leaching into the food of almost all of the 19 cans they tested.

See the Journal of Human Reproduction for the study itself.

See the Globe and Mail article about the study.