Links to Diabetes, Heart Disease Escalate BPA Controversy
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Written by Rita Jenkins| 18 September, 2008 02:57 GMT
Scientists and consumer advocates are increasing the volume of their alarm over BPA, or bisphenol A, a chemical found in many plastics. Although almost everyone in the US can expect to have some level of BPA in their bodies, the latest research findings link higher levels of the substance in the urine of adults to greater incidence of heart disease and diabetes.
Concern that its use in baby bottles might be harmful to infants has already sparked a movement to ban the chemical or at least curtail its use. Meanwhile, the US
Food & Drug Administration continues to downplay the danger and defends its reliance on chemical-industry funded studies that critics call fundamentally flawed.
Consumers who want to limit their exposure to BPA can take the following measures,
suggests the National Toxicology Program:
Don't microwave polycarbonate plastic food containers.
Avoid plastic containers with #7 on the bottom
Don't wash polycarbonate plastic containers in the dishwasher.
Eat fresh or frozen foods in preference to canned foods.
Use glass, porcelain or stainless steel containers in preference to plastic, particularly for hot food or liquids.
Use baby products, including baby bottles and toys, that are labeled BPA free.
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COMMENTS
From Evelyn Guzman:
Why the Food and Drug Administration continues to downplay this threat to our health I will never understand. But perhaps with so many of us raising concern over this BPA they will soon act on this. It is good though that you gave some suggestions as to what to do in order to minimize our exposure to it. Thank you for them.
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