More on how plastic bottles can cause cancer — and even reproductive disorders
by ken winston caine
Need more motivation to give up plastic in your food supply?
Here’s a current scientific assessment about the apparent danger of just one chemical that leaches into our bodies from plastic bottles and containers — as well as from plastic coatings and linings that are used in canned foods and in cardboard food-and-drink boxes.
Getting plastic out of your store-bought food supply is nearly impossible to do. Plastic is used everywhere now. Over the past 25 years, it has almost universally replaced once-standard glass jars and unlined “tin” cans and waxed cardboard and waxed paper and foil packaging.
And maybe most shocking, just about a decade ago ingestible plastic suddenly appeared in the produce section of grocery markets.
It’s the shiny coating sprayed onto many fruits and vegetables.
The plastic sheen makes them look attractive in the supermarket and extends their shelf-life by sealing the surfaces, which slows the rate of surface oxidation and makes them appear to be fresher, longer.
Just try to avoid plastic for two weeks and you’ll see why I say that it is nearly impossible.
Dr. Joseph Mercola reports on “a statement by several dozen scientists, including four from federal health agencies” that analyzed 700 studies and concluded humans are exposed to dangerous levels of a chemical found in many plastics used for storing, preparing and serving food and water.
The chemical, bisphenol A, also referred to as BPA, is an estrogen-like substance known to cause cancers and reproductive disorders in animals at levels comparable to those found in humans these days.
Surprise: The chemical industry calls the scientists’ report “alarmist and biased,” as Mercola notes.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers a comprehensive look at the scientists’ work — and the industry response.
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November 1st, 2007 09:55
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