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CONSUMER WARNING:
TOXIC CHEMICAL BPA LEACHING INTO CANNED FOODS

An alarming new study from the Environmental Working Group
analyzed samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and baby
formula on sale in the nation's supermarkets and found that more
than 50% were tainted with a chemical linked to birth defects,
ADHD and cancer. The chemical, bisphenol A (BPA), is an
ingredient in plastics that lines food cans. According to the study,
the chemical has been leaching into foods at levels up to 200 times
the government's recommended "safe" level of exposure. According
to Dr. Frederick vom Saal, a professor of biology at the University
of Missouri-Columbia, and a long-time expert researcher of BPA,
there are 94 scientific studies indicating deleterious health effects
from BPA. "If BPA was treated as a drug, it would have been pulled
immediately. This chemical can be replaced right now by safer
materials, and the public would never notice the difference." OCA
is planning to launch a campaign later this year to pressure food
companies, especially organic companies, to stop using BPA-tainted
cans and other toxic or non-sustainable packaging.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4414.cfm