Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies

Your body is probably home to a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. It’s a synthetic estrogen that United States factories now use in everything from plastics to epoxies — to the tune of six pounds per American per year. That’s a lot of estrogen.

More than 92 percent of Americans have BPA in their urine, and scientists have linked it — though not conclusively — to everything from breast cancer to obesity, from attention deficit disorder to genital abnormalities in boys and girls alike.

Now it turns out it’s in our food.

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Today Stiv Wilson, editor at WEND magazine, posted a very interesting article on the WEND site.  Why doesn’t Stiv care about BPA?  Check out his article here “Why I Don’t Give A Damn About The BPA…”

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Dear LakenUSA Customer,

This week’s events in the bottle industry have made many folks uncomfortable in many ways. We share your concerns. As a manufacturer of both aluminum and stainless steel reusable bottles, we would like to openly discuss the history of BPA and Laken’s history, our third-party interactions with laboratory testers, retailers and consumers, and the technology used in making LakenUSA’s certified, BPA Free bottles.
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Since Laken introduced its BPA free liner last year in August, we are seeing more and more companies debuting BPA Free bottles. It has become such an epidemic that Laken decided to take it upon itself to test some of these other bottles that are considered BPA Free.

We found that they are not BPA free at all, and are just jumping into a market that is hot with a product that is poor quality. Laken appreciates the general move by knowing folks from disposable plastic bottles to reusable metal bottles, but wish other companies were a little more transparent and forthcoming with the contents of their bottle liner. Check out these links to TREE HUGGER and the GEAR JUNKIE for more about bottles that have BPA.

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The Washington post recently picked up on the new BPA legislation introduced by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).  This legislation would further protect children from BPA in food and beverage containers.

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Check out this link to a Frontline interview done in 1998.  It defines the problems with BPA and explains that even EPOXY coating have trace amounts.  Here is the link.

FRONTLINE on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/interviews/vomsaal.html

- Senator plans legislation banning chemical from food and beverage containers -

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today applauded the decision by six manufacturers to stop using the chemical Bisphenol-A in baby bottles they sell in the United States.

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CNN’s Elizabeth Cohen reports on BPA Free baby bottles. BPA Free does not mean a more expensive product, just a safer one.  In the report CNN calls out that scientist have differing opinions on BPA, but making the safe choice and choosing BPA free products is an easy choice to make.

CNN VIDEO - click on more to see the video, or this hyperlink.

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PRESS RELEASE FROM SEN. CHUCK SHUMER (D-NY) :

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2008

With Children Across Westchester County Exposed To Potentially Toxic Chemical In Everyday Baby Bottles And Toys, Schumer Unveils Senate Bill To Ban Bisphenol-A From Children’s Products

U.S. Study Released This Month Found ‘Bisphenol-A’ May Pose Dangers to Human Development and Reproduction; BPA Found in Children’s Products across the Hudson Valley

Wal-Mart and Toys ‘R’ Us Announced they are Pulling All Products Containing the Chemical from Their Shelves
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