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- Becky Striepe
- August 24, 2010
- 5:05 pm
- 137 comments
BPA or bisphenol-A is a dangerous chemical linked to health concerns from digestive problems to issues with brain development. It’s recently been found in 91 percent of Canadians and is present in around two billion products here in the U.S. that we use on a daily basis. Because it’s the most harmful on developing brains and bodies, children and pregnant women especially need to avoid contact with BPA.
While the industry claims that BPA exposure levels from their products are safe, that claim seems a little shaky when you start adding up all of the places we come into contact with BPA: canned food and soda, receipts, bottled water, plastic food containers, baby bottles and more.
Here are some of the common places we come into contact with BPA each day and how to limit exposure.
1. Avoid Canned Food
While some companies have taken the BPA out of their cans, most still use this harmful chemical in the canning process. Your best bet is to either hunt down BPA free canned foods, like beans from Eden Organics, or avoid them all together.
This is especially important with more acidic foods like tomatoes. You’ll want to stick with fresh tomatoes or the sort that come in a glass jar or cardboard box.
2. Quit Canned Soda
BPA has been found in many varieties of canned soda. This is a pretty easy issue to address! Soda isn’t the healthiest option to begin with. Sticking with water and tea is better for your body beyond the BPA.
If you do want to treat yourself to a soda pop, you’re better off with the sort from a soda fountain.
Up Next: Receipts and Plastic to Avoid
Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by thenestor
Read more: Conscious Consumer, General Health, Health, Health & Safety, Home, baby bottles, Bisphenol A, bottled water, BPA, canned food, chemicals, food safety, infant formula, plastic, toxins
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Becky Striepe is a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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good read... thanks for the info...
Straw gummy worms???
Thanks
thanks for the cute video
Granma is now sucking eggs................
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good to know
Thanks for the info - helps me want to avoid plastic even more!
It seems to be unsafe to eat or drink anything from the supermarket because of plastic containers or linings. Sad to see the corporates want or money and say we kill you at the same time, thanks for nothing.
THANKS.
D@mn, it's everywhere you look!
@ Janet, these weck pots are not expensive! @ BEcky Thanks for the advise.
(continued from below)... mostly in the pineal gland (centre of brain). Studies show that It harms teeth and bones. Also, it appears to sabbotage many functions of the central nervous and endocrine systems. These include concentration, memory, behaviour, mood, energy, sleep, weight management, ageing, immunity to cancer.
Boling your water only increases the concentration of fluoride. Christopher Bryson wrote, "The Fluoride Deception". In the words of someone whose opinion I rate highly: "Fluoridation ranks with GMO's and tainted, forced vaccinations among the great crimes against humanity."
On the subject of toxicity to the brain, I would like to see a post about the continued mass poisoning of populations via highly toxic sodium fluoride dumped into public water supplies since the first unintended spillage during manufacture of the nuclear bomb for World War II.
Unlike BPA, which leaves the body within six hours, most fluoride accumulates in the bones, teeth and
Yeah, I'm not sure why plastic #7 is listed here either. As far as I know, #7 is for "other" which can include bioplastics, etc. Also, for anyone looking for plastic alternatives, the tinkle trunk is a great brand that makes stainless steel stuff, although it's a little pricey.
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