wouldnt there be a big sign on canned foods in supermarkets then? you know how there are warnings on alcohol and cigarettes because of the risk of damage?
surely canned tomatoes are not a risk or millions of women who have had children for years would all have children with defects :/
That's the goal -- to get it to be illegal to have BPA in cans and other food containers, or at least to have a warning label while it's being phased out. Remember, doctors used to recommend cigarettes to their patients too...
just because something is currently legal or doesn't come with a warning label yet, doesn't mean it's safe.
BTW, I remember watching a documentary on the increase of babies born with genital deformities like hermaphroditism. Hmm, could it possibly have anything to do with the amount of BPA's we're all exposed to? I know that BPA's and other plastics that are known hormone disrupters, when dumped into rivers and lakes, cause frogs and other small creatures to actually change genders. Is that really something we want to expose ourselves and our babies to? Food for thought!
Here's some more info about BPA:
In the late 1930's, scientists discovered that BPA acted as an artificial estrogen. The estrogen impostor would have been used as a pharmaceutical hormone but a more potent synthetic estrogen called DES was invented, precluding the use of BPA. In what should have been a warning signal to the potential toxicity of BPA, DES was taken off the market when it was linked to reproductive cancers in babies born to mothers taking the chemical. (Decades later, similar toxic properties are being linked to BPA.)
The use of BPA in plastics would not take place for another twenty years. In the 1950's BPA began to appear in plastic consumer products throughout the world. For over 60 years, BPA has been used in the manufacturing of plastic without any law or regulation establishing its safety. In fact, although the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed by congress in 1976, it labeled BPA a "grandfather" chemical which means is was never evaluated and presumed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
How does BPA find its way into our bodies?
BPA has been known to leach from plastics and can linings into our food and beverages. Studies have proven that heat (by microwaving, sterilizing, boiling or washing) accelerates this leaching. Researchers have shown concern that infants and children exposed to the chemical through re-usable baby bottles and baby formula are at a much higher risk to the adverse effects of BPA.
Why is BPA a concern?
As previously mentioned, BPA is a hormone disruptor that can interfere with the normal functioning of the endocrine system. It is also a building block of PC plastic, which is used in a slew of products that hold or are meant to hold food and beverages. BPA leaches from these products into our food and drink, exposing the population to the toxic chemical. Studies have linked BPA exposures, at low-dose levels, with a wide range of adverse effects including reproductive, behavioral and developmental problems.
Despite its dangers, however, BPA has been used in the manufacturing of PC plastic and can linings for over 60 years. The use of these plastics and lining today is incredibly widespread.
BPA is one of the highest-volume chemicals produced worldwide. In 2003 alone, over 6 billion pounds of BPA were used to manufacture PC plastic products, resin lining cans, dental sealants, and polyvinyl chloride plastic products. The ester bond linking BPA molecules undergoes hydrolysis, resulting in the release of BPA into food, beverages, and the environment. Human exposure to BPA is so widespread that a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected BPA in more than 93 percent of Americans.
Source: https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/bpa/what_is_bpa.php
...and people wonder why there has been such a huge rise over the past 60 years in cancer, obesity, infertility, etc.!
