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New Concerns About BPA

Kathleen Milazzo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:27:53 +0000

BPA if you remember was in the news and up for a lot of debate about its safety in plastic baby bottles. A couple of states have banned it’s use in baby bottles for children under 4 years old and more states seem to be following.

Manufactures of baby bottles have decided to steer clear of it and are advertising this on their labels to ease moms minds so they will buy their products made of plastic.

Now the experts are saying that they see in mice that there is a connection between BPA and children’s asthma.

We’ve got a tot in our home who is still on the bottle at bedtime and we do not purchase bottles with that chemical in it. However, you should know that BPA is also used in the lining of some cans. So if you use any kind of canned foods in the home you could still be exposing your young children to this dangerous chemical.

I don’t know if there is anything completely safe with the packaging of our food but the best advice I could give is to read, keep up on the latest news, and do your own research.

BPA Arguement Rises Again With The FDA

Kathleen Milazzo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:50:43 +0000

A scientific panel is again blasting the FDA over their public announcements that BPA poses no immediate danger to infants or the general population. The panel and other panels say that the FDA has not considered all the findings by certain other studies and has dismissed them without good reason.

The FDA has yet to issue their final report on the matter and even worse they are under no pressure or deadline to do so.

The line that caught me right away is “poses no immediate danger”. That means very little to a parents using plastic bottles that have the chemical in it. A lot of things like learning diabilities and behavior problems won’t or might not show up for another few years. By then the damage has been done and the parent is left to deal with a child with problems. The meer fact that the safety of the product is in question is enough for me to say no way to baby products packaged in plastic containing BPA.

It would be nice to trust that the FDA has the best interest of the infants at heart, instead of wondering what their motivation is for the hesitation in speaking out against it.

BPA and Diabetes Links

Kathleen Milazzo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:47:18 +0000

BPA or Bisphenol A has been found in the bodies of every 9 out of 10 Americans. The FDA claims that the amounts found do not pose a health risk to anyone, no matter what age.

BPA is a chemical that disrupts hormones and has been used extensively to harden plastic for food and beverage packaging. However it’s also been found in drinking water tooth fillings and even dust in the home. It’s so wide spread that it’s virtually impossible to avoid it.

A survey showed that about 1,500 people who had a high exposure to BPA had a 40% higher rate of liver damage, diabetes, and heart disease.

Experts say that more studies are needed to prove that the BPA is a health hazard. The FDA said that further research should be done.

Even though a link was found between BPA and diabetes and liver damage, there is a question as to whether it is just coinsidence because those diseases don’t come on overnight.

This writer thinks that the FDA should not have been so eager to call the chemical safe if there was any doubt that it was, and to me the studies mentioned cast enough doubt to where the FDA should have investigated further.