Dr. vom Saal's Shocking Allegations

The notorious Bisphenol A critic, Dr. Frederick vom Saal, revealed study results on his website for 125 studies conducted on the low dose effects of Bisphenol A. Of those 125 studies, 114 of them were funded by the government and 91.2% of those presented harmful effects. The remaining 11 were funded by the chemical industry, of which 0% found harmful effects.

However, the most alarming evidence that he presented was a 1938 article in the Lancet by Nobel Prize laureate, Sir Charles Dodds, which outlined his discovery of the estrogenic effects of DES (which led to its mass production for pregnancy treatments). Apparently, Dodds discovered that DES was even more powerful than a newly discovered estrogenic chemical called Bisphenol A. Therefore, Bisphenol A was never used as a drug, and instead was mass manufactured as a monomer to make plastics and cans. Vom Saal wrote:

"Sir Charles Dodds received the Nobel prize for discovering the extremely potent estrogenic drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) in 1938, which was more powerful than any of the estrogenic chemicals, including bisphenol A, examined in this 1936 article. Bisphenol A was thus never used as a drug, and, instead, in 1957 bisphenol A was used as the monomer to make polycarbonate plastic and resins used to line cans."

In effect, Vom Saal is saying that the plastics industry totally ignored the fact that Bisphenol A is an estrogenic compound on the sole basis that DES was stronger. That's like saying that Big Macs should become a staple in diet menus simply because triple layered fudge cakes are more fatty. If this is true, vom Saal might be on to something. The missing link, however, lies in the original evidence of the estrogenic effects of Bisphenol A before 1938. If Dodds was referencing this evidence--where is it? It seems that Vom Saal hasn't found it yet.