Chemical in food cans, baby bottles cited as health risk

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Xerces & Mr.Katsky - 17 Apr 2008 09:50 GMT

Market Watch reports a NIH report on report on "bisphenol A" used in
plastics and can liners. The FDA relies exclusively on two industry
funded studies to deem it safe:

> A chemical used in consumer products ranging from baby bottles to
> food-can linings to compact discs is widely found in humans and may
> affect childhood development and reproduction, according to a new
> draft report from the National Institutes of Health.

See:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/chemical-food-cans-baby-
bottles/story.aspx?guid=%7BB5B7A19E%2DEEBB%2D48E5%2DA5C8%2DBAA240E3D492%7D&dist=msr_1~~

The article cites damage to rodents used in the tests. Could this be a cause of
problems observed in household pets, like cats? Xerces & Comrade Katsky love their
canned breakfast, I'm not sure I feel like preparing it from raw materials.

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AMUN - 17 Apr 2008 15:03 GMT

I already was so afraid of contaminated cat food I was only giving the cats
the containers to eat.
Now this ?

> Market Watch reports a NIH report on report on "bisphenol A" used in
> plastics and can liners. The FDA relies exclusively on two industry
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> canned breakfast, I'm not sure I feel like preparing it from raw
> materials.

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