Designed singularly to test specifically to test the effects of BPA (Bisphenol A) on humans, a recent study has revealed that men working in BPA-manufacturing factories face substantially higher chances of suffering from sexual problems vis-à-vis men working in BPA-free factories.

The findings of the five-year study, funded by the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, were based on the observation of 634 workers in Chinese factories; comparing those working in BPA-manufacturing factories and those working in factories where no BPA was manufactured.

Revealing that the workers in the BPA facilities showed a four-time higher risk of erectile dysfunction, a seven-time higher risk of difficulty in ejaculation, and notably low sexual desire, the new study has raised further alarms about the questions about the safety of BPA - a chemical that is used in manufacturing consumer products like baby bottles, plastic containers and inside layers of canned food containers.

Lead researcher, Dr. De-kun Li of Oakland's Kaiser Research Institute, has advised that exposure to BPA should be avoided as much as possible, because the chemical not only acts like estrogen in men, it also affects the normal functioning of the male hormones.

Meanwhile, with a new BPA-specific recommendation to be released by the Food and Drug Administration on December 1, the study has noted that there are "significant differences between occupational exposure and consumer exposure" to BPA.