In recent weeks, there’s been a lot of talk on the effects of BPA in our kitchen plastics. While, like with most science, we still can’t definitively say that there’s undeniable evidence that BPA’s cause certain problems, it is seeming more and more likely.
So we think the best answer is to avoid all BPA’s and PVC’s in any kitchen food storage you are using. Here’s the news of the week:
Biphesnol A – A Political Hell Freezes Over
Some excerpts:
Experiments with mice show that exposure during pregnancy to very low doses of bisphenol A scrambles the chromosomes of their daughters’ fertilized embryos, ie., the pregnant females’ grandchildren.
Experiments with rats demonstrate that low level exposure to bisphenol A during fetal growth causes breast cancer in adults.
Thirty-eight of the world’s leading scientific experts on bisphenol A have warned policy-makers of potential adverse health effects of exposure to the widespread molecule used to make plastics and food can lining.
Low level BPA exposure stimulates rapid reproduction of breast cancer cells. Watch it happen: youtube.com/watch?v=N3_cYZKksvI
Slowly, our FDA has been backed into a corner of admission and submission. The mountains of substantiated evidence of BPA’s adverse health affects can no longer be ignored behind self serving lobbyist dollars and political shanties.
A group of chemical manufacturers, toymakers and retailers sued the city of San Franciso after the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a 2006 ordinance prohibiting the sale, distribution and manufacturing of children’s products containing BPA, along with other dangerous chemicals.
Other plaintiffs were the American Chemistry Council, California Retailers Association, California Grocers Association and Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association. Corporate dollars once again took precedence over public health.
Washington State Bans BPA’s in Baby Items
Excerpt:
The Washington state Senate Friday voted 36-9 to approve a ban on the chemical bisphenol A in baby bottles, sippy cups and other food containers if they are to be used by children 3 or younger.
The House passed a similar measure earlier this week, but it extended the ban to the reusable-plastic sports bottles popular with hikers. The two houses will have to work out the differences between the two bills, but it now seems all but certain that Washington will become the third state to ban bisphenol A, known as BPA, in some products.
Connecticut and Minnesota have outlawed some BPA products, and several other states are expected to debate similar measures soon.
Bisphenol A is found in many hard plastics, most all canned foods and everything from printed receipts to some plastic piping.
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