California is new front line of BPA fight

Grist: "Some canned food companies, like Eden Foods, Eco-fish and Vital Choice, claim to be exploring alternatives to BPA-resin can liners. For nearly a decade, Japan’s canned food industry has been actively reducing the levels of BPA exposure from the lining of food and beverage containers.

As more consumers proactively seek out BPA-free products, it is not only feasible, but potentially profitable, for industry to switch to alternative chemicals in the production and sale of food and beverage containers-ones that don’t leach BPA. California should continue the state’s powerful tradition as a national policy leader and a pioneering watchdog of consumer health and safety, especially when it comes to protecting small children from the dangers of BPA."