2 results for tag: BPA
Oregonians To Fred Meyer: “We Don’t Want Toxic BPA!”
Post by Sophia Aguilera
OEC and our friends made quite a splash in Oregon’s city center this week. Passers-by in cars honked approval, and those on foot stopped to ask questions. It wasn’t just the adorable babies in our crowd that caught Portland’s attention; it was genuine interest in and concern about our reason for being in front of Fred Meyer: toxic BPA in food can linings.
Remember our grocery trip to local Portland-area stores including Fred Meyer back in 2015? It’s hard to forget, now that lab testing confirmed that most of the cans we purchased were lined with an epoxy that can leach the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol ...
JUST RELEASED: Report finds BPA still alarmingly present in canned food
Most canned food is lined with BPA.
Yes, even though the chemical has been linked to breast cancer, infertility, immune problems and more. Even though it is showing up in people's bodies. Even though BPA mimics estrogen, interfering with hormones. Even though exposure can have serious effects on the life-long health of infants. Even though we know the chemical can leach into food from can linings.
Does this sound like old news? Well, it is. That’s the shocking part.
It’s been five years since OEC and our supporters pushed hard to protect people from bisphenol-A (BPA), a building-block of hard plastic. Thanks to compelling testimony ...