I doubt you’d like something else to worry about, but if you’ve read my other plastics safety post, you’re probably already being careful about the plastics in your life. Now we have even more reason to do so…
Read an excerpt from the article:
Bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical found in plastics, has been linked to some of the most deadly and rapidly increasing medical conditions in American adults.
A research team from the University of Iowa, the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, and the University of Plymouth found evidence that links BPA to heart disease and diabetes in adults. BPA, which is used in polycarbonate plastic products such as refillable water bottles, some plastic eating utensils, compact disks and many other everyday products, is one of the world’s most widely-used chemicals.
Earlier studies in mice and rats shown that exposure to BPA could lead to diabetes, liver damage, obesity, and insulin resistance. Earlier this year, experts raised the concern that BPA could leach into plastic baby bottles and cause developmental and reproduction problems.
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Anna 10.22.08 at 9:08 am
Jenny's Diabetes Update blog has some great posts about BPA and the chemical soup that today's younger generations have grown up with, from the womb. It's very possible that is part of the equation in the rising rates of childhood obesity and some diseases, not simply inactivity and poor diets.
Environmental Workign Group also has a great video on some testing they did on toxic chemicals commonly found in the body, including some compounds that were banned more than 30 years ago.
www dot ewg dot org/kidsafe
I've recently purchased some nice glass storage containers I really like from Snapware; the line is called GlassLock, I think. The local Ralph's (owned by Kroger) stocks them and I've also seen them at BB&B (20% coupons that never expire). They do have a polypro lid, but for the most part, food has little contact with the lid. They are freezer safe, but can't be used for baking (microwave is ok, but your readers probably don't care about that. They come in three rectangular sizes, two square sizes, and maybe round. I like the rectangular ones best because they make more efficient use of fridge and cabinet space. One peeve is that the smallest one nests inside the medium size, but the medium size is a hair too wide to nest inside the largest size. I like being able to more clearly see the contents in the fridge than through my Rubbermaid "milky" plastic storage set.
I also really like reusing the jars from large Maranatha brand nut butters. They are a good size, tall (small fridge "footprint"), straight-sided and wide-mouthed, and the labels come off easily when soaked and scraped. The lids are plain with no printing. And these jar lids don't harbor a lingering odor after washing, like pickle, spaghetti sauce and garlic jar lids do.
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Kelly the Kitchen Kop 10.22.08 at 10:06 am
I love my glass storage containers, too. Can’t remember the brand, but they came in a huge set of all different sizes and were on sale for hardly anything. (Fuzzy on the details!)
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jeanne 03.04.09 at 7:33 am
Does anyone have any suggestion on how to pack filtered water for teenage kids for lunch at school? Mine don’t want to bring a container back and forth from school. So I do buy bottled water for them to take. I can’t stand that I am wasting so much $$!
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