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Many Pantry Staples Contain BPA
Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. Del Monte green beans. Star-Kist tuna. Juicy Juice.
A Consumer Reports (via Change.org) test found that the 19 products, all common and popular packaged foods, contain some amount of the chemical Bisphenol A. BPA, as you’re surely aware, is public enemy No. 1 these days in the world of family food, as it has been linked in some studies to reproductive problems, breast and prostate cancers, heart disease and diabetes.
Even some SIGG water bottles contain BPA, so the fact that Chef Boyardee raviolis turned up some amount of the stuff isn’t that big of a shocker.
But you know what is?
Consumer Reports found BPA in some canned goods that had been labeled “BPA-free.” Wow.
Products carrying “organic” labels also showed some amount of the chemical and not always less than the conventional foods.
Of course, there’s still some debate whether small amounts of BPA is even harmful. FDA guidelines set a daily upper limit of 50 micrograms, according to Consumer Reports, though that amount is based on tests done in the 1980s.
More recent research claims ill effects from even less exposure to BPAs.
Soup is still good food … but maybe not from a can. Grrrr. Time to tear out what’s left of your hair!
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BPA Lurking in 90 percent of Cans Tested | Strollerderby commented on May 19 10 at 10:31 amBean's Mom commented on Nov 05 09 at 2:51 pmWe basically stopped buying canned food when we gave up plastic baby bottles, about two years ago. (We still use a little canned food, our aim being minimization of exposure, not elimination.) So I’m a bit surprised this “news” has made a splash. Didn’t we all know BPA is in the lining of cans?
Andrea commented on Nov 05 09 at 2:57 pmSupposedly, the only time BPA “has” to be used in cans is for tomatoes, because of the acid. So it does piss me off that it’s in cans that are labeled BPA free. It’s not like it can get in there on accident. But no, it doesn’t surprise me. We don’t eat much out of cans anyway, but I had been springing for the BPA free ones. Oh well.
Laure68 commented on Nov 05 09 at 5:37 pmActually, our highest source of BPA is from canned foods. The food gets heated and stored in the cans, which causes leeching. Pouring room-temp water in a plastic bottle and drinking it the same day causes very little leeching. It drove me crazy to see all the attention plastic bottles and very little on canned foods.
Laure68 commented on Nov 05 09 at 5:39 pmAlso, I’m not sure why you thought organic foods should have less BPA. They still come in the same cans. (Supposedly, Eden foods used “BPA-free” cans, but I guess that is suspect.)
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