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BPA, Your Days Are Numbered
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Monday, August 08, 2011
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, Executive Director/CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World
Bisphenol A, you are one sneaky little substance. First we found out you were leaching into our water from plastic bottles and into our skin from the coating on register receipts, and then we learned that because you coat the inside of cans—even those that contain baby formula—you snuck into our food, as well. In fact, a 2008 study by the Centers for Disease Control indicated that 93% of us have detectable levels of BPA in our bodies at any given time, according to WebMD.
And because we know you’re an endocrine disruptor that has been linked to cancer, birth defects, brain and nervous system dysfunction, and reproductive abnormalities, we had reason to be concerned.
But now, BPA, your days may be numbered. That’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to test you for toxicity and environmental impact, according to UPI. This comes on the heels of a January announcement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would examine the potential human health effects of BPA in the food supply, and last year’s FDA proclamation that parents should take “reasonable steps” to reduce their infants’ exposure.
That’s good news, because a recent study reported in Endocrine Today linked thyroid disruption to BPA, adding yet another negative impact to an extremely long list.
The bad news is that those sexy little silver bottles we’ve all been filling up to avoid the stuff may actually release up to eight times more BPA than polycarbonate plastic, according to a new study reported by ScienceDirect.
What’s a concerned citizen to do? Check with manufacturers to make sure your bottles are made from stainless steel, rather than aluminum lined with epoxy-based resin. And take a look at a series of recipes we collected that doctors say can block the impact of BPA.
Then contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to co-sponsor a new bill introduced by Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) to strengthen regulation of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
Finally, help us urge Campbell’s, one of the biggest canned food companies, to stop using BPA in their cans. Sign our petition telling Campbell’s that BPA is NOT “M’m Mm good!”
BPA, you’re in our sights. Consider yourself warned.
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Posted by yoga certification on 08/09/2011 at 03:06 AM
I really enjoy your sense of humor and approach to this subject. BPA is one of those mosquitoes that keeps lingering. Every time you think you got it it comes back and bites you in the neck! I really do hope that Campbells will wise up. I used to work in the corporate world so I know how hard the red tape can be. Especially when you are talking millions of dollars to change that. However, this is why peoples voices are so important because if they feel that they will lose more $ if they don’t make the change, then they will make the change. So speak up Americans so Campbells knows we are serious!