5 Ways to Keep Bisphenol A, or BPA, Out of Your Food
With studies stacking up against the chemical, here's what you need to know to lower your exposure
Reader Comments
manufacture safer plastics that are EA-free
Current legislation is attempting to solve this problem by removing chemicals having EA (BPA, phthalates) one at a time. This approach, for legislators or the FDA, is not an appropriate solution for consumers because thousands of chemicals used in plastics exhibit EA, not just BPA and phthalates. This approach is a marketing-driven solution, not a health-driven solution. The appropriate health-driven solution is to manufacture safer plastics that are EA-free. This is not a pie-in-the-sky solution, as the technology already exists to produce EA-free plastics that also have the same advantageous physical properties, as do almost all existing EA-releasing plastics on the market today. In fact, some of these advanced-technology EA-free plastics are already in the marketplace. The cost of these safer EA-free plastics are just pennies more than EA-releasing plastics, when both are used to manufacture the same product in similar quantities.
manufacture safer plastics that are EA-free
Current legislation is attempting to solve this problem by removing chemicals having EA (BPA, phthalates) one at a time. This approach, for legislators or the FDA, is not an appropriate solution for consumers because thousands of chemicals used in plastics exhibit EA, not just BPA and phthalates. This approach is a marketing-driven solution, not a health-driven solution. The appropriate health-driven solution is to manufacture safer plastics that are EA-free. This is not a pie-in-the-sky solution, as the technology already exists to produce EA-free plastics that also have the same advantageous physical properties, as do almost all existing EA-releasing plastics on the market today. In fact, some of these advanced-technology EA-free plastics are already in the marketplace. The cost of these safer EA-free plastics are just pennies more than EA-releasing plastics, when both are used to manufacture the same product in similar quantities.
Breast Milk
Not all mothers CAN breast feed. I would have liked to, but I was unable. I'm tired of being judge!
Regarding ... Um...you know what comes in a package that's BPA-free? Breast milk
Unfortunately, according to some reports, modern-day breast milk is contaminated with accumulated toxins from the environment .... some to the extent that the milk could not legally sold as a dairy product. That's what happens from many decades of dumping millions of tons of agriculture pesticides on the earth ... not to mention all the other toxins in the environment.
BPA
Looks to me like another one of FDA's rollovers. Like Neutrasweet/Aspartame. Its banned in other countries, but our boys say its ok for us. The Romans used to drink from lead based cups and look what happened to them. A little of this wont hurt you, a little of that wont hurt you, but put them all together and you have a bomb.
BPA
Looks to me like another one of FDA's rollovers. Like Neutrasweet/Aspartame. Its banned in other countries, but our boys say its ok for us. The Romans used to drink from lead based cups and look what happened to them. A little of this wont hurt you, a little of that wont hurt you, but put them all together and you have a bomb.
powdered formula vs. ready-to-serve
Um...you know what comes in a package that's BPA-free? Breast milk.
Products
Sometimes it's so hard to figure out just WHAT products contain BPA. www.greenhealthybaby.com offers all bpa free products like baby bottles and sippy cups. I rather be safe than sorry!
Manufacture safer plastics
Current legislation is attempting to solve this problem by removing chemicals having EA (BPA, phthalates) one at a time. This approach, for legislators or the FDA, is not an appropriate solution for consumers because thousands of chemicals used in plastics exhibit EA, not just BPA and phthalates. This approach is a marketing-driven solution, not a health-driven solution. The appropriate health-driven solution is to manufacture safer plastics that are EA-free. This is not a pie-in-the-sky solution, as the technology already exists to produce EA-free plastics that also have the same advantageous physical properties, as do almost all existing EA-releasing plastics on the market today. In fact, some of these advanced-technology EA-free plastics are already in the marketplace. The cost of these safer EA-free plastics are just pennies more than EA-releasing plastics, when both are used to manufacture the same product in similar quantities.
