I read a couple magazines at the gym tonight and was pleased to see that many of the ones geared towards parents give advice for how to avoid BPA and phthalates. Time magazine also recently published a great article about BPA and how much it increases in your blood from eating canned soup (1200%!!!). When [...]
Archive for the ‘BPA’ Category
26 May
90% of tested canned foods contain BPA
An article in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry reports that 71 of the 78 cans tested for BPA contained anywhere from 2.6 parts per billion (ppb) to more than 500 ppb of bisphenol-A. You can read more about this latest research on sciencenews.org. Yet another reason to eat fresh foods. The only canned [...]
12 Nov
How to Spot a BPA-free Receipt
Appleton, the largest manufacturer of thermal paper (used to make receipts) and the only producer of BPA-free paper, has added small red rayon fibers to its paper so that consumers can know their receipt does not contain the endocrine-disrupting chemical BPA. About 3/4 of Appleton’s thermal paper will contain these red fibers for identification by [...]
30 Sep
Slow Death
The book Slow Death by Rubber Duck doesn’t sound like a pleasurable read, but it is! Well, at least as much as could be given the subject matter of toxins that are slowly poisoning us and our environment. The two Canadian authors, Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, decide to experiment with phthalates, BPA, mercury, and [...]
20 Sep
Muir Glen canned tomatoes will soon no longer have BPA
A September 2010 letter from the Customer Service department of Muir Glen: Bisphenol-A is a component of protective coatings in metal food packaging, and provides an important food safety and quality function in canned foods. Scientific and governmental bodies worldwide have examined the science many times and have concluded that the weight of evidence supports [...]
16 Sep
BPA in receipts
It is increasingly difficult to avoid chemicals in our environment! I have tried to eliminate BPA from my home, but the darn thing keeps cropping up everywhere. A new (to me, at least), potent source of exposure? Cash register receipts. The ones you touch on a regular basis may be printed on paper that contains [...]
24 Jan
BPA update–finally some good news!
On January 14, 2010, Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, sent the following letter to the FDA commisioner: Dear Madam Commissioner, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to issue its final decision on whether bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical and synthetic estrogen, should be used in food packaging. As even [...]
26 Dec
The Body Toxic
As you can probably tell, I’ve been reading a lot lately. I just finally have the time to tackle some subjects I’ve always wanted to read more about. One of those topics I’m very passionate about is toxic chemicals in our environment and how to best avoid them. If that is interesting to you too, [...]
21 Dec
Protecting our children from the chemicals in their environment
Protecting my children from the chemicals and toxins in their environment is the passion that caused me to launch this blog 2.5 years ago. After researching BPA and phthalates and working hard to eliminate them from our home, I decided to start this blog to share what I had learned. Now that it is almost [...]
