The article states: "Bisphenol A has been used in increasing amounts since the 1950s in food and beverage containers because it doesn't impart a plastic-like taste, although traces leach out. Plastics that use it are often identified by an industry triangle symbol and the number seven."
Dan Unlucky Sleven ________________________________ From: Carol Ann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>another cause of all new diseases.... Bisphenol A Sigh...OK....so no news is good news. Can anyone give a heads up on how this typical bottle brings its goods. Soda, juice, water, etc. Ross Craig <[email protected]> wrote: Oh oh, it seems these polycarbonate bottles are the cause of almost everything. Is nothing safe anymore? From the Globe and Mail today: It seems obvious that a high dose of a poison would be more dangerous than a lower one, but bisphenol A is creating a stir because it doesn't follow this seemingly common-sense rule. Researchers say this oddity results from the fact that bisphenol A isn't a conventional harmful agent, such as cigarette smoke, but behaves in the unconventional way typical of hormones, where even vanishingly small exposures can be harmful. This is why some environmentalists and scientists contend that bisphenol A, which leaches in trace amounts from food and beverage packaging, is among the scariest manufactured substances in use, an eerie modern version of the vaunted lead water pipes by which ancient Romans were unknowingly poisoned. Extrapolating from the results of animal experiments, they suspect bisphenol A has its fingerprints all over the unexplained human health trends emerging in recent decades hinting at something going haywire with sex hormones, including the early onset of puberty, declining sperm counts, and the huge increase in breast and prostate cancer, among other ailments. full story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070407.CHEMICAL07/TPS tory/Environment Regards, Carol Ann ~ Reign of The Mayberry Machiavellis ends in 2008. ________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49982/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/m ailbeta/newmail_tools.html> Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49982/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/m ailbeta/newmail_tools.html>
