BPA found in cans linked to asthma

U.S. researchers report a link between early childhood exposure to bisphenol A -- a chemical used in can liners and store receipts -- and higher asthma risk.

Lead author Dr. Kathleen Donohue, an assistant professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Center for Children's Environmental Health, and colleagues tracked 568 women enrolled in the Mothers & Newborns study of environmental exposures.

BPA exposure was determined by measuring levels of a BPA metabolite in urine samples taken during the third trimester of pregnancy and in the children at ages 3, 5 and 7....

If the left wants to help asthma then they should tell the EPA and their messiah obama the clown that they shoudl bring back the old inhalers as the new ones do not work at all.

I shold know as I have asthma, and since the EPA banned the inhaler which worked because they claimed it pollutes the air I;ve had asthma attacks and been took to hospital.

Think about it, they tell me my inhaler is polluting the air while they take helicoptors, planes and big SUV’s

Consistent. At least for what I was expecting next.

Look for a slew of articles on the dangers of long term food supplies.

Then look for the government to intervene with overkill nonsense regulation and cut access and supply. They'd control health care and the food supply.

"Asthma prevalence has increased dramatically over the past 30 years, which suggests that some as-yet-undiscovered environmental exposures may be implicated," Donohue said in a statement. "Our study indicates that one such exposure may be BPA."

Peter Venkman couldn't have said it any better. "Back off, man! I'm a scientist! Maybe it's just over diagnosis combined with statistical confounding factors or mere statistical noise. I remember reading one study that posited that the increase in asthma may be linked to decrease in hookworms in children. Apparently, we live in such a sterile environment that childern's immune systems do not develop properly. Or something.

This still may be worth looking into. We have an older male cat who was diagnosed last year as having hyperthyroidism. We are using a special food to control it (a lot cheaper than radiation). Vet studies have seen a high correlation between this and cats eating canned (as opposed to dry) food. I went back and looked at the chemical that was implicated in this, and it is the same, BP-A. Apparently it is used on the insides as a coating on cans, and dissolves in oils. There is also a much lower incidence of this in countries (such as some in Europe) where canned cat food is much less prevalent.

Not sure exactly what ‘can liners’ are. Is that trash can bags or some kind of coating on the inside of cans such as Cokes or canned foods?

On the other hand, everyone knows what store receipts are. So the next EPA regulation will no doubt be to limit women from shopping with their children.

That proposal appears to be a win/win regulation to me.

If the left wants to help asthma then they should tell the EPA and their messiah obama the clown that they shoudl bring back the old inhalers as the new ones do not work at all.

I shold know as I have asthma, and since the EPA banned the inhaler which worked because they claimed it pollutes the air I;ve had asthma attacks and been took to hospital.

Think about it, they tell me my inhaler is polluting the air while they take helicoptors, planes and big SUV’s

Here's a web site for you: Save CFC Inhalers

For all who are unaware, CFC inhalers, which actually worked, were removed from the market in a joint effort by the FDA, EPA etc in a fit of garbage science because of 'the ozone hole' and 'man made global warming'. They were replaced by inferior quality HFA inhalers which were never properly tested nor subjected to follow up studies mandated by FDA rules.

All but one of the new HFA inhalers contain alcohol, a know trigger for asthma; they all contain a host of leachables that have never been subject to testing.

The new inhalers do not work for some, do not work as well for some, and cause asthma attacks in others.

Note the irony in the following from the FDA web site:
"It is important to remember that it is the deep breath that you take with each puff that gets the medication into your lungs, not the force of the spray. The spray from an albuterol HFA inhaler may feel softer than the spray from an albuterol CFC inhaler but this will not affect the amount of drug that you breathe into your lungs. The spray from an albuterol CFC inhaler often hits the back of the mouth. The spray from an HFA inhaler is a fine mist that may actually be easier to breathe into your lungs compared to a CFC inhaler. "

OTH global pharma and global chemical companies have made a bundle or two.

Interesting. A University of Missouri study found that “the total mass of BPA on a receipt is 250 to 1,000 times greater than the amount of BPA typically found in a can of food.” Not all stores use this type of receipt.

source: http://www.ewg.org/bpa-in-store-receipts

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