Comments on: Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More

By: pcrossfield

pcrossfield — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:48:07 +0000

Chris,

Stats.org is funded by the industry, take a look here:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2009/11/industry-reacts-to-consumer-reports-report-on-bisphenol-a-bpa.html

By: Chris M

Chris M — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:39:35 +0000

Naomi-

Can I suggest you take a look at http://www.stats.org (George Mason University non-profit) and review a more in-depth examination than a shallow, mediocre magazine article in Consumer Reports can give you.

In short, every test that has ever shown an issue with BPA used injection of BPA into the test animal. In every test using oral ingestion of BPA, even at ridiculously high levels, there was no issue. This appears to be because our digestive system can process BPA, attach a sugar molecule to it, then excrete it in urine.

The tests are all bad. That doesn’t stop the media from chicken little behaviour. But it might stop you. Please take a read and make up your own mind.

The only thing worse than a government cover-up is a media cover-up.

By: soup rut « lesbo-kitchen

soup rut « lesbo-kitchen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:42:24 +0000

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By: Nut Eater

Nut Eater — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:29:21 +0000

I just ran into another category of BPA packaging that might be unhealthy. When about to recycle a tall plastic can of Emerald cashews, I noticed that the plastic can has the dreaded number 7 inside the triangle on the can bottom, so it’s made of the BPA estrogen compound.

Nuts are saturated with nut oils, which is why a few nuts resting on a napkin will create a sheen of oil on the napkin. If BPA can get into watery soup that’s in a BPA-lined can, then can BPA be infused in the oil inside nuts? These nuts quietly rest against the BPA plastic for several weeks or months after they are packaged. Is there any transfer of BPA onto and into the nuts?

I wish I knew.

By: Mmm

Mmm — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:28:08 +0000

Next question: the tradeoff of BPA vs. metal in food or vs. less variety of food. Clearly more of a question in the lower socioeconomic strata.

By: Death to Canned Foods?! « good • man • eats

Death to Canned Foods?! « good • man • eats — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:02:48 +0000

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By: lois boatman

lois boatman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:07:19 +0000

I appreciate reading all this info–the good and the bad!

By: » BPA found in canned foods

» BPA found in canned foods — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:50:14 +0000

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Consider the Pantry › Jar world weekly round-up #1 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:25:33 +0000

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By: Saturday Brunch: A Little Bit of Everything « Here, have a taste.

Saturday Brunch: A Little Bit of Everything « Here, have a taste. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:22:38 +0000

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