BPA is found in many household items, like plastic containers (with a seven in the recycling symbol), baby bottles, and food cans. The chemical can mimic estrogen, causing reproductive mutations in the womb, and the FDA's concerns cite possible brain, behavior, and prostate problems in fetuses, infants, and young children. BPA may be just one of many endocrine disruptors that accumulate in the environment and have been linked to intersex fish in several U.S. rivers.
To cut down on your exposure, don't microwave plastic containers with a 7, and avoid food cans lined with BPA plastics.
To learn more about BPA, check out the following links from National Geographic:
- Green Guide Blog: FDA Criticizes Its Own Bisphenol-A Findings
- National Geographic News: BPA Linked to Heart Disease, Study Confirms, Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All--And Fast
- The Green Guide: The Bisphenol-A Debate, Plastic Container Buying Guide, Baby Bottle Buying Guide
--James Robertson
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Let us move back to glass containers. They can be reused and if they break, well we can just make more. Plastics are horrible.
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It is better not to supply any more plastics than struggling with the consequences. BPA not only increases the rate of heart diseases, but also it causes prostate development and cancer among humans.
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