Tuesday, December 23, 2008

BPA Danger may be greater from Tin Cans than Water Bottles

TreeHugger: "According to the FDA, 17% of the American diet comes out of cans, and many of those have an epoxy liner made with Bisphenol A, a chemical which can mimic human estrogen and which is linked to breast cancer and early puberty in women. 

While the leaching of BPA from Nalgene water bottles and other polycarbonate bottles is a concern, the danger from canned food may be greater. The Environmental Working Group tested canned food bought across America and found BPA in more than half of them, at levels they call '200 times the government's traditional safe level of exposure for industrial chemicals.'"

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