Monday, March 9, 2009

Drink Soda Pop? You're Drinking Bisphenol A (BPA)

Here is a scary fact that I found on Treehugger.com today:

"We have noted before that bisphenol A (BPA) is a key component of the epoxy liner in canned food and drink, so it should really be no surprise that new tests at Health Canada found it in pop cans. The chemical is thought to be an endocrine disruptor or "gender bender", and is now banned in many countries from baby bottles.

The levels in pop cans is low, with the highest level found to be 4.5 parts per trillion; you would have to drink 8,000 cans of pop or 900 cans of energy drinks to get to the daily exposure limit set by Health Canada.

But others say that those exposure limits are thousands of times too high."

Here's the link:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/bpa-is-in-your-soda-pop.php

Glad I don't drink soda!!! Say no to coke!!!

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