BPA in canned food

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Just found out about this, BPA is bisphenol A and it's used to prevent rusting of the can and also preserve food, and it's not good for the body. Was trying to find out if canned food is as good as fresh food and came across this, anyone know anything else?
 
It's banned in baby bottles (well I assume so as they all say BPA free), so I think it's some messed up chemical. I am afraid it's in bottled water too, but I don't know of any brand that sells water in BPA free bottles.
 
BPA thing is a ticking bomb. The issue is well known for years, and just about every country that did the study agreed that allowed dosage norms were based on single use exposure, not everything in your life coming from plasticised containers or cans lined with BPA. It's known to the point where most of the countries around the world already banned BPA in baby feeding bottles (where it just couldn't be denied the container will be used regularly throughout the day). Studies linking BPA exposure (via ready meal microwave trays, soft drink cans and cookware leeching chemicals into food when stored for prolonged time and when heated) with rampant obesity are almost five years old, Canada or New Zealand I think imposed blanket ban on BPA and phtalates, but for some reason in most European countries the issue is just kept quiet and doesn't get a lot of press.

I'm not much of a health nut myself, and I didn't know anything about it when it was subject of big discussion in Canada and Oceania, but just a tad over a year ago I spoke to a guy who was involved in filming some sort of subjective documentary commissioned by pro chem lobby in North America and he jokingly said, that on more than one occasion they would go to see some lined up Prof of this, PhD of that specialist in the field for a quote and after doing his bit to ensure public of absolute safety in front of the camera, the same guy would tell them with camera switched off how the BPA and phtalates thing will eventually blow up in media into panic. One guy apparently even compared denying effects of it, to the blissful ignorance about asbestos in mid 20th century.

In any case, it doesn't cost a lot to BPA proof you kitchen. Sistema, a kiwi company does all kinds of microwave stuff that's BPA free. Virtually all modern Thermos products are made without BPA as well.
 
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What about the toxic chemicals in cereal boxes? They use recycled paper to make the cardboard, and it has all the chemicals from newspaper in it. It leaches through plastic bags in the box and into the cereal. I think this is why baby cereal and baby food in boxes has foil packaging, as this is able to keep the oils out. For adults, they don't care :D. I believe Germany was looking at banning the use of recycled cardboard/paper to package food.
 
SpaghettiOs said:
They have to care about this kind of thing otherwise it can cost them billions.
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no one really cares as long as the affects are years in the future or miles away...

there are a lot of chemicals released into the environment that have never realyl been tested, below is the first figures I found on google so not very well researched... I have seen a several programs in the past where it was also stated a good % of chemicals relased ahve not been tested bnecause it would take too long and cost too much...

"There are over 85,000 chemicals that are commercially available today, and many are known to cause cancer, damage the brain, or disrupt the nervous and reproductive systems. Analytical test methods only exist for approximately 30 percent of all chemicals, and thus there is a large body of chemicals that remains completely untested"
 
Microwave popcorn does the same thing. The oils used to keep the popcorn sticking to the bag leech in to the popcorn.

I don't trust microwaves or plastic or teflon for that matter. I try to use glass and stainless steel and cook stuff in the normal oven.

Cash register receipts are also a big source of bpa, gets absorbed through your fingers.
 
kwerk said:
Microwave popcorn does the same thing. The oils used to keep the popcorn sticking to the bag leech in to the popcorn.
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I would say airborne inhalation of diacetyl was more dangerous in cooking popcorn than anything contained in the bag. In fact everytime you boil butter you are exposiong yourself to it yet no one worries about melting or using butter in cooking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacetyl

The United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has suggested diacetyl, when used in artificial butter flavoring (as used in many consumer foods), may be hazardous when heated and inhaled over a long period.
Workers in several factories that manufacture artificial butter flavoring have been diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare and serious disease of the lungs. The cases found have been mainly in young, healthy, nonsmoking males. Lung transplantation is the only known cure for bronchiolitis obliterans.
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