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A person with knowledge of the government’s chemical review program spoke on the condition he not be named because of a confidentiality agreement. He said the staff work to list the compound, called bisphenol-a, or B.P.A., as a toxic chemical was complete and was recently endorsed by a panel of outside scientists.
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B.P.A. is widely used to make polycarbonate plastics, which are rigid and transparent like glass but very unlikely to shatter. Polycarbonates have many uses that pose no risk, like the cases of some iPod models. Because animal tests have shown that even small amounts of the chemical may cause changes in the body, however, researchers have focused on food- and drink-related applications of B.P.A., like the popular Nalgene brand beverage bottles.“If the government issues a finding of toxic, no parent in their right mind will be using products made with this chemical,” said Rick Smith, the executive director of Environmental Defence, a Canadian group that has been campaigning against B.P.A. “We will be arguing strongly for a ban on the use of this chemical in food and beverage containers.”
Yet another reason to brew your own beer!
Autism link?
I completely agree w/ #1
I was listening to NPR the other day on the commute into work, and there were some “save the animals” people on who were talking about the domestic pets that they tested for toxic chemicals (like anti-stain chemicals in dogs from the carpets, or anti-flammable toxins, etc) and the chemical called bisphenol-a was mentioned – apparently, this chemical is used to line the tins that wet cat food comes in & the cats that they tested had 23 times the recommended levels in their systems.
There is of course no way to tell if this is a fluke or not because these people are against the testing of products on animals (its not humane or some such re-damn-diculous shit), so I guess we’ll never know – but I thought it was interesting
How about getting lead out of toys first.
#4 – leave the Save The Children crap for the Fox Krew. BPA is everywhere.
A petroleum product, there are 3 billions tons produced annually – used in everything from the polycarbonate liners for your canned food to water bottles.
Have a water bottle? Look at the Recycle logo on the bottom. If there’s a 7 in the center, you’re probably consuming BPA.
#5–Moss==you fly pretty low on this blog, but keep up the good work.
Is your follow up thought that BPA does not leach, or that it is not as hazardous to health?
I went thru a stage of not microwaving food in plastic containers===but it saves time.
Any position on plastic in general?
Plastic bottles and food containers have been around for how many DECADES?
Plastic has been used by how many billions of people?
And where is the data that mentions how many people have died from this toxic / poisonous chemical?
This article deserves the “smell-o-meter”.
#7, jbenson,
I would have guessed you are a walking example of the effects.
In case you don’t understand or have taken any time to contemplate, there are a host of illnesses and conditions that have as of late become far too common. We don’t know why and many lay people have been throwing out guesses.
Can you explain the increase in obesity. It started around the same time as plastic containers became very common. Or autism. Or wing nut radio.
#6 – worked in oil, plastics, metallurgical industries among others. Had lots of former colleagues who died from shit that was considered OK at the time.
Cripes, there was a time when I worked in a facility that used sodium cyanide powder for case hardening – in unventilated rooms!
I’ll send the DU crew a link or two on how the studies of BPA began over a decade ago – entirely by accident. Otherwise, we still might not be aware of the dangers it presents.
Moss–please make that posting with links. I read your post #5 as indicating BPA was safe, but I read your post #9 as it is not.
We sheeple need your direction.
#8 Miss Pussypoop
Where is the evidence? Why no statistical mention of the thousands of people who have suffered the effects of this mystery poison that has been consumed by billions of people for decades?
Do you really think that a host of illnesses with no explanation validates this article as the truth. Your logic is specious at best.
#10 – should have noted that the advisement from Canada Health includes – #7 in the recycle logo means shitcan the bottle and don’t buy anymore.
http://tinyurl.com/4pqme5 is pretty good science journalism.
#11, predictably, has no perception of logic whatsoever.
If you people would just stop eating your beverage containers, we wouldn’t have this problem!
Soda and water bottles…
BACK TO GLASS…
FTA
“The first thing is that it’s an endocrine disrupter, there’s no question about that,” Professor Bend said.
I have a 10 week old and if buying a different type of bottle will keep his endocrines from being disrupted, then it’s a pretty simple decision.
Chris==everything is polluted and dangerous including mothers milk from the source? Seems like stainless steel and glass (no contaminations included) are the only two materials I haven’t seen tainted at one time or another. Finding safe food is about impossible.
You could start your own reality show “How to raise a baby in a toxic free manner.” The daily gyrations would make good tv==like looking at those folks trying to live on a farm, etc. Good luck.
‘Can you explain the increase in obesity. It started around the same time as plastic containers became very common.’
Simple. Too much processed fast food & too much time on the couch.
It should be noted that the vast majority of plastics used in the food industry consists of Polypropylene (food containers) & Polyethylene (especially water bottles). Both are BSA free and have been used since the ’50’s.
Polycarbonate was never meant to be used for a food container. It was specifically designed for lightweight ‘shatterproof’ canopies in aircraft in the early ’40’s.
#11, jbenson,
Where is the evidence? Why no statistical mention of the thousands of people who have suffered the effects of this mystery poison that has been consumed by billions of people for decades?
This is what I mean about you being an example of what happens. Your reading comprehension is negligible. I’ll repeat the relevant portion in #8.
We don’t know why and many lay people have been throwing out guesses.
Can you explain the increase in …
So, maybe you can explain the increase in wing nut radio. Help us out here.
For corporations, something is poison only if someone dies; otherwise it’s just a profit margin. Let’s be clear – the blame is not all on foreigners.
The game is to take profit as close to the poison line as possible. When on occasion profit spills over into poison and someone dies, there is a public wringing of hands (and, in China, death sentences); but soon enough, we’re back in search of that ideal balance between profit and death. We see the same principle at work in agriculture. How much herbicide and pesticide can we use before it starts sickening and killing more than bugs and weeds? This is the religion of of “cost/benefit analysis” whose priests are accountants and liability lawyers.
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excerpted from an article in Harpers
Canada did drop the other shoe, this afternoon:
http://tinyurl.com/5ckwbg
nice post… but BEER CANS???? are you serious… so which is it… the alcohol content or the TIN hazard…