Keep Your Beverages in Glass Bottles
It’s an easy way to steer clear of the controversy over the chemical BPA found in many plastics
One health controversy that is certain to continue in 2009: the debate over the health effects of the chemical bisphenol A. Used to harden plastics, BPA can leak from food-storage containers into the contents. The impact of the transference is less clear. In the body, BPA mimics estrogen, and studies have linked it to increased risks of diabetes, heart disease, and infertility. But as recently as this month, the Food and Drug Administration reaffirmed its position that BPA is safe, though it will continue to study the chemical's effects.
In the meantime, health experts agree that the best advice is to play it safe. Buy food and beverages sold in glass containers, and store your leftovers the same way. When buying bottled water, look for containers that have a number 7 in their recycling code; those don't usually contain BPA. And, of course, you can always opt for fresh food and drink.
Reader Comments
Glass bottles
Keeping your beverages in glass is a good idea. Try the Sesen glass bottles, they can be used for water or other stuff. There are lots of chemicals in plastic, not just BPA that can mimic hormones in the body.
Jeff's Best Hemp!
My products were turned down regionally at Whole Foods in So cal because they said basically that it would make every other company look bad because mine are all in amber glass and are listed as "100% bisphenol A free".
Since all the other hemp proteins are in plastic, they seemed to be concerned that the reality of it being in other hemp proteins and oils wasn't something they wanted to bring to consumers attention, and even went so far as to say that the war over plastic was still raging or something to that effect, trying to cloud the truth, and make it seem like it was a matter of opinion.
Jeff's Best Hemp!is clean and clear off all that crap. And I'm a cancer survivor, and so is my mom. I don't take plastics lightly and you shouldn't either!
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