EWG’s Guide to Infant Formula & BPA

[jason]

Originally published at Lemmingworks. You can comment here or there.

I have had ‘issues’ with BPA in plastics for years. I used to tease the owners of a local healthfood store who used to wrap organic foods in plastics with BPA. This month everyone’s interested in it suddenly. MEC has stopped selling plastic drinking bottles with BPA, and I noted this while poking about.
EWG’s Guide to Infant Formula | Environmental Working Group

Liquid infant formula from the top manufacturers is sold in cans lined with a toxic chemical linked to reproductive disorders and neurobehavioral problems in laboratory animals, according to an investigation by Environmental Working Group (EWG). The chemical is almost as common in the packaging of powdered formula, with 4 of the top 5 companies acknowledging its use.
The chemical is bisphenol A, or BPA, a component of the plastic epoxy resins used to line metal food cans. Dozens of laboratory studies show that BPA affects the developing brain and reproductive systems of animals exposed to low doses during pregnancy and early life. BPA has recently raised concerns from 2 separate expert panels of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with 1 group of scientists warning that human exposures to BPA are already at or above the levels that harm animals and another expressing concern about impacts of BPA on infants’ brains and behavior.