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BPA in your soup?
A study just released by Consumer Reports reports the presence of Bisphenol A (BPA) a dangerous chemical found in nearly all name-brand canned foods, even those with labels assuring they were "BPA-free" and "organic."
The study lists many canned goods with elevated levels of BPA, including Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, Progresso Vegetable Soup, Hunt's Tomato Sauce, Del Monte Fresh Cut Green Beans, Hormel Chili, Bird's Eye beans, and several Libby's and Nestle products. A complete list of products tested so far is listed here.
Similac Infant Formula bottles also contain BPA.
BPA is used to line food and beverage bottles and cans to withstand high temperatures and to make plastic harder. It leaches into foods, possibly causing health risks when it is ingested.
Past Federal guidelines have stated that a maximum of 50 milligrams of BPA per kilogram of body weight is safe, but Consumer Reports' findings point out that those studies were conducted in the 1980s.
The FDA is not certain how much exposure to BPA is safe after studies have linked it to increased susceptibilty to cancer, diabetes, reproductive problems, and heart disease. Moreover, children who eat large amounts of products with the highest BPA levels are ingesting levels shown to cause health problems in nearly similar-weight animal studies, the report said. Concern has also been raised for developing fetuses.
Consumer Union, the nonprofit group that publishes Consumer Reports, has sent a letter to the FDA noting the latest research as further cause for a ban on all BPA in food containers
Food manufacturers have denied that there's a problem.
The FDA is studying data on the issue and is expected to make a decision later this month.
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