Beware - Canned Foods (and some packaged in plastic) contain harmful levels of BPA.

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FDA's research based on old information about acceptable levels of BPA.
Time for new choices in packaging:



(NBC) - A new report found measurable levels of BPA in many canned foods, including cans of soup and juice.

The report by Consumers Union, and published in Consumer Reports, looked at 19 name-brand canned foods. Researchers were able to detect BPA in almost all of the samples, including those packaged in BPA-free cans.

BPA is a chemical used in plastic bottles and food-can liners.

It is approved by the FDA, but has been questioned because animal studies linked it to abnormal reproductive development.

Experts at Consumers Union said BPA should be eliminated from all materials that come in contact with food.

The report found skipping metal cans and using other packaging, like plastic containers or bags, might lower but not eliminate exposure to BPA.

The FDA is expected to release a new assessment of BPA safety soon.

FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's scientific staff has completed their draft review of additional studies evaluating the potential risk of low-dose BPA exposures, as was recommended by the science board's report, and also including more recently published studies.

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http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=11437441




What IS BPA?

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic resins, epoxy resins, and other products

http://www.bisphenol-a.org/about/faq.html




YONKERS, N.Y.—Almost all of the 19 brands of canned food tested contained measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods. They tested soups, juice, tuna and green beans, and found BPA in some canned foods labeled “organic” and “BPA-free.” Consumer Reports' tests of a few comparable products in alternative types of packaging showed lower levels of BPA in most, but not all cases.

Canned Del Monte Fresh Cut Green Beans Blue Lake had the highest amount of BPA for a single sample in the Consumer Reports tests, with levels ranging from 35.9 parts per billion (ppb) to 191 ppb. Progresso Vegetable Soup BPA levels ranged from 67 to 134 ppb. Campbell's Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup had BPA levels ranging from 54.5 to 102 ppb.

Similac Advance Infant Formula liquid concentrate in a can averaged 9 ppb of BPA and Nestle Juicy Juice in a can averaged 9.7 ppb of BPA, but there was no measurable level in the powdered versions of both products...cont'd

http://www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com/news/2009/11/can-foods-contain-bpas.aspx