Every time you drink from a plastic container or eat canned food, you may be exposing yourself and your family to a chemical (Bisphenol A or BPA) that has been linked to breast cancer, prostrate cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Since pregnant women, babies, and small children are most vulnerable, it is especially despicable that BPA is found in many baby bottles, sippy cups, and baby formula cans. While consumer groups are petitioning the FDA to ban BPA in all food and beverage products. the large chemical companies are fighting such a ban--BPA is one of the most produced chemicals in the world.
And to make matters worse, there is no need for BPA!
Although there are some technical questions about the cancer studies, the bottom line is that BPA is injurious to human health. As quoted in the NYT: “When you have 92 percent of the American population exposed to a chemical, this is not one where you want to be wrong,” said Dr. Ted Schettler of the Science and Environmental Health Network. “Are we going to quibble over individual rodent studies, or are we going to act?”"
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