Saturday, December 31, 2011

Canned goods and BPA

"According to Consumer Reports, however, a 165-pound adult who ate one serving of canned green beans would exceed by about 80 times what the magazine's experts considered an acceptable daily amount of BPA. Children who ate multiple daily servings of foods found to have high levels of BPA would approach levels found to have done harm in animals, the report said. ""

Studies:
http://www.nehealthadvisory.com/2010/07/canned-vegetables-and-bpas
http://www.ewg.org/node/20940
http://civileats.com/2009/11/02/tests-find-wide-range-of-bisphenol-a-in-canned-soups-juice-and-more/

BPA free tomatoes:
http://guide.thesoftlanding.com/2010/01/14/bpa-free-tomatoes-do-exist/

other canned goods:
http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/07/eden-foods-a-bpa-free-pioneer.html

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