by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World The Bisphenol A story just gets bigger and bigger. Today, the Associated Press reported that the American Chemistry Council has asked federal regulators to phase out rules which allow BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups. Sounds good, right? But this request may “head off tougher laws that would ban the chemical from other types of packaging,” according to the AP. Not so good. ... continue reading...
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BPA is not “M’m mm good”
By Janelle Sorensen, Chief Communications Officer, Healthy Child Healthy World Do you eat Campbell’s? Then you’re eating BPA. BPA is used in virtually all canned food and beverage linings, but it’s been linked to breast cancer, male sexual dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, liver abnormalities, and more. Rightly so, consumers are concerned about BPA and many are making attempts to avoid it. In response, many companies are also seeking alternatives. ... continue reading...
New MU Study: BPA “Demasculinized” Mice Making Them Undesirable
The University of Missouri, where I earned my Master's in Education, has been at the forefront in exposing Bisphenol-A dangers. Frederick vom Saal, professor of biological sciences, exposed BPA in 2005 making such strong statements as: "The science is clear and the findings are not just scary, they are horrific. When you feed a baby out of a clear, hard plastic bottle, it's like giving the baby a birth control pill." "If BPA was treated as a drug, it would have been pulled immediately. We ... continue reading...
FDA Chemists: BPA in 90% of Canned Food
I find canned food to be the worse option when it comes to quick meals. Not only are the vegetables usually mushy, the risk of BPA exposure keeps me away from most canned foods. Four years ago, I wrote a post about canned food and BPA during my early days of blogging. This post caught the attention of a major natural food company, who did not believe Eden Foods cans were BPA-free, as they had not found such cans to readily available for their products. In fact, this company had Eden's cans ... continue reading...
Food Packaging is Major Source of Toxic BPA and DEHP Chemical Exposure
If you are trying to live a greener, simpler life, you are probably already avoiding packaged food. In general, I avoid over packaged food because of the amount of garbage it is adding to our landfills or energy used to recycle. Sometimes I make an exception for [amazon_link id="B000HVX6NK" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]seaweed snacks[/amazon_link] or Trader Joe's (yes, I am a hypocrite), but extra garbage or recycling is not the only reason to avoid food packaging. ... continue reading...
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