The results are in. The greedy plastic and epoxy industries just can't hide it anymore. Girls reach puberty sooner, and prostate cancer and breast cancer are skyrocketing because of Bisphenol A. This stuff is used in everything from plastic food tubs to baby bottles. On top of that, while the US Government is still behind the egg-ball, Canada has enough sense (one would hope they show the same amount of sense when it comes to murdering seals for the sake of a few rich people that want to run around in fancy fur coats) to call BPA a toxic substance. Hopefully Canada will hurry up and ban BPA's use (and seal hunting), and inspire other nations to do the same.
What is utterly amazing to me is that governments, and the public are acting so slowly on this issue. In 1999, BPA was banned as an inert element from pesticides. How bizarre is it that BPA is too dangerous to be used in a chemical that is made solely for the purpose of killing things?! And yet, we go on using it baby food bottles and other food storage containers.
As I was preparing to write this blog, I took a notion to wander around the web and see how the pro-BPA folks justify their egregious behavior. Needless to say, if I'm writing about my little adventure, I found yet another humdinger worthy of note. According to the "BishpenolA" website a person would have to eat 1300 pounds of food a day in order to ingest enough BPA to be hazardous.
Hmm... anyone remember Rachel Carson and what was learned about chemical toxicity? Basically, chemicals stay in your body for various amounts of time. I would not be surprised if BPA hangs around in the body long enough to reach a toxic level. Consider that we consume approximately 1500 pounds of food each year. Even if 10% accumulates each year, you would see prostate cancer, breast cancer, and well... early onset puberty in girls.
Clearly, we the people, again, need to take action to protect our own lives, because the government is not doing a proper job of regulating greedy businesses that harm us and our environment. If you are concerned about BPA in your life, or that of your children, simply stop using plastics to store and eat foods.
In addition, don't buy anything that comes packaged in plastic, or buy as little as possible. You can use anything from glass cups to pyrex, and enjoy safer foods. And besides all that, glass doesn't get as messy or smelly as plastic tubs do.
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