I've written about bisphenol A before. It is in all plastics, baby bottles, Nalgene bottles, linings of soup cans and more. According to an excellent review by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on 2Dec2007, 93% of us have it in our body. More over, it is a carcinogen. When you heat something in such a container, you get even higher doses...like with a TV dinner in a plastic tray.
The paper reviewed all sorts of studies done on this subject and found that the ones that say this stuff is not a problem were sponsored by the plastic companies. All the academics pretty much agree that this is a ticking time bomb. I guess I obsess on this because it is of greater concern the younger you are, and I have a grandchild.
So, if breast cancer or testicular cancer is a something that touches a nerve in you, you might want to read up on the stuff. Just be aware of who is supplying the info.
Paddle safe...
DS
Perfect... Thanks for the heads up, especially cause I am a wilderness water boiler and cool down in nalgenes on the overnight.
ReplyDeleteAnd, in today's (12/6/2007) paper a big article on the presence of this stuff in canned baby formula -- another good argument for going the old fashioned route, mother's breast milk! But, if pumped use a glass pump and store in glass containers. Hmmmm, what are the nipples on baby bottles made of? And, pacifiers? And teething rings? And . . . . It really is endless, glad I'm done producing offspring. As my brother once said, "after fathering one 'normal' child, I decided not to take anymore risks." (He served in the Marines in VietNam, 2 tours, and was exposed to much.)
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