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	<title>Comments on: Bisphenol-A (aka BPA): What is it? Where is it? Why do we care?</title>
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	<description>Learn to live life with less plastic... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet.  I don&#039;t buy new plastic.  Join me on my plastic-free journey.</description>
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		<title>By: Bpa Free</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-37768</link>
		<dc:creator>Bpa Free</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
<p>Nowadays, one can easily find products like BPA free water and milk bottles, baby <br />
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 <br />
and dear ones by using only BPA free products.<br />
<span class="cluv">Bpa Free´s last [type] ..<a class="6ac63f6324 37768" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BpaFreeStuff/~3/fp1BWTnB_Og/">Munchie Mug The New Spill Resistant Snack Cup</a></span></p>
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		<title>By: Eric Brazelton</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-31567</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brazelton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can I recycle a broken Cuisinart bowl? What # plastic is it?

Thanks,

EB</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can I recycle a broken Cuisinart bowl? What # plastic is it?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>EB</p>
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		<title>By: October: Unprocessed Foods and No Single-Use Plastics &#171; Club Dine In!</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-21109</link>
		<dc:creator>October: Unprocessed Foods and No Single-Use Plastics &#171; Club Dine In!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] bars, bread, ice-cream, pudding, applesauce, ketchup, gum, and canned foods (most are lined with BPA). Thankfully, I don&#8217;t consume any of these things, but will make more definitive [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] bars, bread, ice-cream, pudding, applesauce, ketchup, gum, and canned foods (most are lined with BPA). Thankfully, I don&#8217;t consume any of these things, but will make more definitive [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Plastic Crusader &#124; Love and Trash</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-15686</link>
		<dc:creator>The Plastic Crusader &#124; Love and Trash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Here&#8217;s a link to an article about BPA: http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/ [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Here&#8217;s a link to an article about BPA: http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/ [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cindy</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12798</link>
		<dc:creator>Cindy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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?</p>
<p> 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?</p>
<p>Or will BPA seep through the entire contents even though the exposure is at one end of the container?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
Cindy</p>
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		<title>By: JPJ</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-11732</link>
		<dc:creator>JPJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or here is what the article says&#8230;.really scientific but you can get the idea</p>
<p>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.</p>
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		<title>By: JPJ</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-11731</link>
		<dc:creator>JPJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the link doesn&#039;t work you can go to informaworld.com and search for this article

Migration of bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its reaction products in canned foods</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the link doesn&#8217;t work you can go to informaworld.com and search for this article</p>
<p>Migration of bisphenol-A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its reaction products in canned foods</p>
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		<title>By: JPJ</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-11730</link>
		<dc:creator>JPJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a713810596

Try this</description>
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<p>Try this</p>
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		<title>By: JPJ</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-11729</link>
		<dc:creator>JPJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I submitted the above link...apparently it is not working so I am going to resubmit

BTW-Here is the reply when I asked bionaturae about the PVC

The lids of our jars do not contain BPA but they do contain a small
percentage of PVC in the round seal that you see on the inner surface of
the lid. This is used to secure the closure of the lid and at this time,
we have been unable to use a PVC-free compound, although we continue to
search for an alternative. We have found that all packaging materials
have a negative aspect, but we make our best efforts to determine which
is the less harmful.
In our unique manufacturing process, the tomatoes are pasteurized before
they are filled in the jar and without the lid. That means that when the
lid is adhered, the temperature has already cooled. It may be possible
for PVC to migrate into food by direct contact and at certain
temperatures, but we are far below these temperatures and there is no
contact of the tomatoes with the lid during our production cycle. We
have never found any level of PVC in the finished product. You must also
consider that the percentage of surface area of the lid compared to the
glass is very small and we therefore feel glass bottles are the purest
packaging. Other packaging options for tomatoes, mainly tin cans and
Tetrapak, are entirely lined with plastics that have direct contact with
a much higher percentage of the food.
Thank you for your interest in this very important issue.

Thank you for your interest in our products.
All the best,
bionaturae Customer Service Relations
info@bionaturae.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I submitted the above link&#8230;apparently it is not working so I am going to resubmit</p>
<p>BTW-Here is the reply when I asked bionaturae about the PVC</p>
<p>The lids of our jars do not contain BPA but they do contain a small<br />
percentage of PVC in the round seal that you see on the inner surface of<br />
the lid. This is used to secure the closure of the lid and at this time,<br />
we have been unable to use a PVC-free compound, although we continue to<br />
search for an alternative. We have found that all packaging materials<br />
have a negative aspect, but we make our best efforts to determine which<br />
is the less harmful.<br />
In our unique manufacturing process, the tomatoes are pasteurized before<br />
they are filled in the jar and without the lid. That means that when the<br />
lid is adhered, the temperature has already cooled. It may be possible<br />
for PVC to migrate into food by direct contact and at certain<br />
temperatures, but we are far below these temperatures and there is no<br />
contact of the tomatoes with the lid during our production cycle. We<br />
have never found any level of PVC in the finished product. You must also<br />
consider that the percentage of surface area of the lid compared to the<br />
glass is very small and we therefore feel glass bottles are the purest<br />
packaging. Other packaging options for tomatoes, mainly tin cans and<br />
Tetrapak, are entirely lined with plastics that have direct contact with<br />
a much higher percentage of the food.<br />
Thank you for your interest in this very important issue.</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in our products.<br />
All the best,<br />
bionaturae Customer Service Relations<br />
<a href="mailto:info@bionaturae.com">info@bionaturae.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: JPJ</title>
		<link>http://myplasticfreelife.com/2009/01/bisphenol-aka-bpa-what-is-it-where-is/comment-page-1/#comment-11724</link>
		<dc:creator>JPJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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This is a website that says there is hydrochloric acid in PVC based organosol laquer. This is supposedly the chemical they use in the lids of the Bionaturae’s lid instead of BPA. Another website said there was chlorine in it...I guess pesticides may be better like the non organic Trader Joes in the box ...scary!</description>
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<p>This is a website that says there is hydrochloric acid in PVC based organosol laquer. This is supposedly the chemical they use in the lids of the Bionaturae’s lid instead of BPA. Another website said there was chlorine in it&#8230;I guess pesticides may be better like the non organic Trader Joes in the box &#8230;scary!</p>
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