brodieb666
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- Jul 11, 2013
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BPA is a chemical added to certain plastics resins (especially PVC, and polycarbonate - type 3 and 7) as a placticizer, basically to improve flexibility.
It started out as an artificial estrogen, but was never used as such when it was found to be an endocrine disrupter, but then was found to be an excellent plasticizer. Some opponents link its use to the increases in early puberty in girls.
As betaboy says, the FDA says that it is safe in the levels found in food packaging, but those are usually not items that are meant to be exposed to heat- AFAIK it is banned for use in baby bottles.
As for how much would migrate from the can lining through the cavity walls into the meat, given that the temperature does not approach boiling point, and whether it it more than you would get from handling store receipts (it is used in making thermal paper, like store receipts), I have to say I'm not very worried.
It started out as an artificial estrogen, but was never used as such when it was found to be an endocrine disrupter, but then was found to be an excellent plasticizer. Some opponents link its use to the increases in early puberty in girls.
As betaboy says, the FDA says that it is safe in the levels found in food packaging, but those are usually not items that are meant to be exposed to heat- AFAIK it is banned for use in baby bottles.
As for how much would migrate from the can lining through the cavity walls into the meat, given that the temperature does not approach boiling point, and whether it it more than you would get from handling store receipts (it is used in making thermal paper, like store receipts), I have to say I'm not very worried.