Posted on 01/13/2010 5:02:49 AM PST by decimon
LONDON (Reuters) – Exposure to a chemical found in plastic containers is linked to heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, confirming earlier findings and adding to pressure to ban its use in bottles and food packaging.
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The analysis also confirmed that BPA plays a role in diabetes and some forms of liver disease, said Melzer's team, who studied data on 1,493 people aged 18 to 74.
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U.S. government toxicologists at the National Institutes of Health concluded in 2008 that BPA presents concern for harmful effects on development of the prostate and brain and for behavioral changes in fetuses, infants and children.
Canada's government plans to outlaw plastic baby bottles made with BPA. The charity Breast Cancer UK last month urged the British government to do the same because they said there was "compelling" evidence linking the chemical to breast cancer risk.
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Bad plastic ping.
These articles need to be more specific. There are so many different kinds of plastic containers. In fact, it’s almost impossible to get completely away from food and beverages that are packed or served in some type of plastic.
I would also like to see some info on what types of situations present the most potential for harm -— acidic foods packed in plastic-lined cans? Orange juice in a plastic jug? Frozed foods in plastic bags? Plastic drinking straws? Plastic silverware? The type of food plus the length of time it is in the plastic?
First synthesized in 1905 and under suspicion since the 1930s.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
Looking for the #7 on the bottom of plastic bottles is easy. Reading labels will sometimes tell you if it’s in cans, bags and such.
When I was young the thought of drinking anything, including water, out of plastic was unthinkable.
It comes in 5 gallon bottles with the #7 (recycle code) on the bottom.
Notice most of the info on this site is password protected and with no mention of BPA in their analysis.
I am not sure I believe all of this. Why aren’t we all dead already? What is the real agenda behind this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A
Looking for the #7 on the bottom of plastic bottles is easy. Reading labels will sometimes tell you if it’s in cans, bags and such.
That is also part of resins used in the Boatbuilding Industry the most studied area of manufacturing and nothing so far.
thanks, bfl
Thank you for that helpful info.
I look at my kids’ lunch - just about everything is packed in plastic. What doesn’t come that way, we buy in bulk from Sam’s and then, yep, break down into plastic baggies for the lunches.
Has anyone run into any mention of how heating affects the amount of BPA that leaches out?
Seems like it would increase it. What about bottles stored in a hot garage or car, or allowed to heat up during transit? What about heat from microwaving? Put a plastic straw into hot coffee?
"The U.S. Endocrine Society called last June for better studies into BPA and presented research showing the chemical can affect the hearts of women and permanently damage the DNA of mice."
I'd like to know the exact statement from the U.S. Endocrine Society.
Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration with Heart Disease: Evidence from NHANES 2003/06
PLoS, Public Library of Science, articles are all FReebies.
FReepmail me if you want on or off the diabetes ping list.
The real agenda? The libs hate plastic because it fills their precious “Landfill”. Expect more hit pieces on any form of plastic including plastic water bottles, bags, and anything else they can create with faulty science.
I think they also hate plastic because it it made from petroleum derivatives. They hate oil, they hate gas, they hate energy consumption. They want us to live like pre-industrial revolution peasants.
You know, we had heart attacks and diabetes before we even had plastic. Cellophane was the first I recall, other than the ubiquitous Bakelite. Tupperware first came along in 1907, but became popular after tupperware parties began in 1948. Having just came through the depression, we still used tin cups converted from bean cans. :)
Food should not be in plastic at all period. We should go back to glass for food and leave the plastics to health and beauty products.
I couldn’t drink milk out of anything but a glass, still can’t.
And it just couldn’t possibly be true that chemicals might be bad for you.
It is not just liberals and has little to do with landfills! There are some very serious problems with food in plastics and studies out of Europe for years has backed up this fact.When you heat food in plastic it releases into the food what turns into a synthetic form of estrogen....ever wonder why our little boys aren’t as boyish as they used to be? It is seriously dangerous and I for one do not buy anything stored in plastic that I can buy stored in another material.
It better to use glass/ceramic containers in microwaves. Plastics of all kinds can release different chemicals when heated. (even regular old PVC pipe releases dioxins when heated)
Heating and washing or scratching the polycarbonate (recycle code 7) does release more of the BPA.
I believe product manufacturers declare in the ingredients whether it’s used in other types of packaging.
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