A recent study done by the Environmental Working Group exposes the prevalence of industrial chemical and hormone disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) in shockingly low serving sizes of common foods packaged in aluminum cans.
Find the study here:
http://www.ewg.org/reports/bisphenola
Mostly you hear about BPA found in plastic, and mostly plastic resin #7. #7 is the "other" category of plastic, and BPA is added to food packaging products such as reusable water bottles (including baby bottles - but the mommies of the world are taking action and will no longer tolerate this) to make the plastic more shatter-proof and durable. And that would be all fine and dandy if the plastic didn't leach the hormone disruptor, thereby making it easy for us to ingest it.
A number of laboratory studies have linked BPA to male reproductive problems, birth defects, low birth weights, cancer, early puberty and other health problems in rats, triggering some states and cities to take legislative action.
SIGG had a controversy in 2008-9 in which they revealed that their older aluminum reusable water bottles contained the chemical BPA, and the public, who trusted the company, was outraged:
http://earth911.com/news/2009/08/28/sigg-announces-its-older-bottles-contain-bpa/
This just reminds us of our consumer responsibility to educate ourselves and keep afoot of what companies think they can get away with...we should not tolerate their absolute disregard of human health in favor of profit.
Good thing the FDA is reconsidering the problem...
http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=16480
In this situation, I go with the "Safety Belt Supposition": better to be safe than sorry.
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