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Two new studies off some insight into asthma risk in childhood.
The first lets parents with less-than-perfectly-clean homes off the hook: Early exposure to dust mites and cockroaches doesn’t appear to raise asthma risk.
But when pregnant mice were exposed to BPA, that ever-present chemical found in everything from baby bottles to soup cans, their offspring were at higher risk of developing allergic asthma.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday called for more study of BPA and whether it’s a safety risk, especially for babies and young children.
The agency stopped short of calling for a ban on the substance, bisphenol A, a chemical that hardens plastics. However, the LA Times is reporting Joshua Sharfstein, FDA deputy commissioner, said that for the present, “the FDA does support the use of baby bottles with BPA.” Continue reading »
The chemical BPA (bisphenol-a), a popular additive in plastics, has started appearing in infant’s umbilical cord blood, according to a new study by the Environmental Working Group.
The study looked at a small group of African-American, Hispanic and Asian children. They found BPA in the cord blood of 9 out of 10 infants. While this study is too small to draw big conclusions from, it’s certainly cause for alarm and more research.
“Each time we look for the latest chemical of concern in infant cord blood, we find it,” said Anila Jacob, M.D., EWG senior scientist and co-author of the report. “This time we discovered BPA, among other dangerous substances, in almost every infant’s cord blood we tested.” Continue reading »
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?
If you were one of the parents who went racing around for a new BPA-free alternative after the big Sigg announcement this summer, sit down. We’ve got another one for you – and this is a doozy.
Z Recommends – who initially broke the story of how bogus Sigg’s BPA-free claims were – has a new story of water bottles gone bad that makes Sigg’s look like they’re candy coated. Continue reading »
So much for glass being the way to go to avoid BPA. Canadian researchers have found the toxic nasty every parent is hellbound to avoid is lurking inside the glass jarred baby food we all thought was safe. Continue reading »
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