Comments on: Bisphenol-A (aka BPA): What is it? Where is it? Why do we care?

By: Voting With Dollars. 12 trends that has the system Scared. | The Lone Star Watchdog

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:24:01 +0000

[...] the plastic dishes Consumers discovered the chemical Bisphenal A has long term health hazards. People going back to glass food dishes then the plastic containers was major statement. People voting with dollars on where they spend their money and what they purchase does speak very [...]

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:59:08 +0000

To follow up on the last comment, I wrote to LaCroix today and received the following email stating that they do use BPA in their cans, and while the company claims it is safe in the way they use it, I would not trust that.

Hi Beth,

We are committed to using ingredients and containers that meet or exceed all government health, safety and quality standards. Questions have been raised about bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to make a type of plastic known as polycarbonate and epoxy resins which are sometimes used as can liners for food and beverage products. Our can suppliers rely on can linings, which may contain trace amounts of BPA, to protect food and beverages from direct contact with the can. However, these trace amounts are virtually eliminated during the curing process which results in the protective polymer coating. Our products are safe and pose no public health risk, including any alleged risk associated with BPA.

We’ve listened to our LaCroix fans and their concerns about BPA. We pushed our supplier partners to change their ways. We are in the throws of a major test and moving rapidly toward BPA free cans.

LaCroix Consumer Liaison Team
1800-834-9980

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:40:49 +0000

Hi Karen. Check out that thread again. Another poster says she contacted the company and found out the cans are not BPA-free. I sent her a message asking if she would be willing to forward me the response. Maybe you could ask her too.

Beth

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:36:00 +0000

La Croix Sparkling Water confirmed on their Facebook page that their cans are BPA-free.: https://www.facebook.com/LaCroix/posts/10150213906985856

By: Bpa Free

Bpa Free — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:04:25 +0000

The various research done on BPA does prove one thing: that continuous exposure to it can be harmful to health. So it is better to make sure that all plastic products one uses are BPA free.

Nowadays, one can easily find products like BPA free water and milk bottles, baby
bottles, lunch boxes, containers, products for ones microwave, freezer or refrigerator, and even BPA free toys. So protect your health and that of your near
and dear ones by using only BPA free products.

By: Eric Brazelton

Eric Brazelton — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:30:10 +0000

Can I recycle a broken Cuisinart bowl? What # plastic is it?

Thanks,

By: October: Unprocessed Foods and No Single-Use Plastics « Club Dine In!

October: Unprocessed Foods and No Single-Use Plastics « Club Dine In! — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:32:55 +0000

[...] bars, bread, ice-cream, pudding, applesauce, ketchup, gum, and canned foods (most are lined with BPA). Thankfully, I don’t consume any of these things, but will make more definitive [...]

By: The Plastic Crusader | Love and Trash

The Plastic Crusader | Love and Trash — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:47:08 +0000

[...] Here’s a link to an article about BPA: http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/ [...]

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:47:24 +0000

I wonder if one disgards the top few inches of food from a jar (eg. top few inches of tomato sauce) if this will reduce the BPA levels consumed? ie. is the greatest concentration of leached BPA (from the plastic lined metal jar lid) located in the food closest to the lid because it will make direct contact with the lid (as opposed to the food closer to the bottom of the jar?

Or can the contents of the jar move sufficiently enough during shipping and handling that the BPA contamination is usually fairly uniform in its distribution?

Or will BPA seep through the entire contents even though the exposure is at one end of the container?

Thanks,
Cindy

By: JPJ

JPJ — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:39:48 +0000

Or here is what the article says….really scientific but you can get the idea

Bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) is used as an additive or starting agent in coatings for cans. The presence of hydrochloric acid in the organosol (PVC-based) lacquers results in formation of chlorohydroxy compounds of BADGE. These compounds, as well as BADGE itself, are potential migrants into the preserved food and are of toxicological concern. In the present investigation the presence of BADGE and the chlorohydroxy compounds (BADGE.HCl and BADGE.2HCl) in various kinds of canned foods from 30 brands have been determined by HPLC with fluorescence detection. BADGE was found in levels up to 5.1mg/kg in the food and only in food from cans containing BADGE.HCl and BADGE.2HCl in the lacquers. BADGE was found both in fish in oil and in fish in tomato sauce, however, the highest amounts were found in the fatty foodstuffs. BADGE.HCl and BADGE.2HCl were found in concentrations up to 2.4mg/kg and 8.3mg/kg, respectively. Unlike BADGE, BADGE.2HCl was found in similar concentrations in fish in oil and in fish in tomato sauce. In aqueous and acidic foodstuffs BADGE readily hydrolyses into mono- and dihydrolysed products (BADGE.H2O and BADGE.2H2O). In this study BADGE.H2O was not found in any food sample, whereas BADGE.2H2O was found in levels up to 2.6mg/kg. The Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) of the European Commission has proposed that a limit of restriction of 1mg/kg food shall include BADGE itself and BADGE.H2O, BADGE.HCl, BADGE.2HCl and BADGE.HCL.H2O. The present results indicate that the migration of BADGE.HCl and BADGE.2HCl, compounds with almost no data on toxicity, implies a greater problem than BADGE.H2O and BADGE.2H2O.