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Offline Warren Dew

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Canned foods increase BPA levels
« on: November 25, 2011, 02:24:34 AM »
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Eating canned food every day may raise the levels of the compound bisphenol A (BPA) in a person's urine more than previously suspected, a new study suggests.

People who ate a serving of canned soup every day for five days had BPA levels of 20.8 micrograms per liter of urine, whereas people who instead ate fresh soup had levels of 1.1 micrograms per liter, according to the study. BPA is found in many canned foods — it is a byproduct of the chemicals used to prevent corrosion.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/11/23/soaring-bpa-levels-found-in-people-who-eat-canned-foods/#ixzz1eiAS90ac

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/11/23/soaring-bpa-levels-found-in-people-who-eat-canned-foods/

Of course, we don't know for sure whether BPA is bad for us - and eating canned food might be suboptimal for reasons other than BPA.
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Re: Canned foods increase BPA levels
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2011, 04:06:25 AM »
I eat quite a lot of canned fish as I don't have a good fishmonger here. The cans don't have a visible plasticy liner - will they still contain BPA?
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Re: Canned foods increase BPA levels
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2011, 05:43:06 PM »
The plastic layer is not visible - or at least not visible to me.  If they rust on the inside, then they probably don't have the plastic.

If I recall you are past having kids, though, right?  I think the main concerns with BPA have to do with the effects on fetuses and growing children, though there might be other effects too.
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Re: Canned foods increase BPA levels
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2011, 09:00:05 PM »
Thanks Warren I think I will check it out further. It also occurs to me that the frozen salmon I buy comes as individual serves in plastic pouches, which might contain BPA. I will call them and ask.

Um, yeah, my youngest is 16, not going back to the baby-raising stage again!!!    :o   I love my kids to bits, very glad I had them, but I found little ones hard work. Life's so civilised when they're older!
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