May 14. 2006
If you think chemicals in things are hoaky, take a look at this. We have been aware of bottle's since our last child, and have been very cautious. This will make you think twice!
BPA Levels in Adults Up 70 Percent After Drinking From Baby Bottles
Posted: 13 May 2009 06:00 AM PDT
Contact: EWG Public Affairs, (202) 667-6982
OAKLAND, Ca. – Seventy-seven Harvard student volunteers experienced a nearly 70 percent increase in urinary levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics component and synthetic estrogen linked to cancer, reproductive system damage and other serious conditions, after drinking cold beverages from BPA-laden polycarbonate baby bottles for just one week, according to researchers from Harvard University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ground-breaking Harvard/CDC study, led by Karin B. Michels, a Harvard professor of epidemiology, and published May 12 in the online version of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives poses serious implications for the impact of BPA exposure on infants fed with polycarbonate bottles. “These astonishing results should be a clarion call to lawmakers and public health officials that babies are being exposed to BPA, and at levels that could likely have an impact on their development,” said Renee Sharp, Director of Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) California office. “The adults in this study were willing participants who understood the risk of exposure, but babies are unwitting victims of the silent but serious threat this hormone- disrupting chemical poses to their health.” The Harvard/CDC study buttresses a March 2007 study by EWG that documented that BPA-based epoxy can linings had contaminated more than half the canned foods, beverages and canned liquid infant formula randomly purchased at supermarkets around the country. Since many of the foods tested, such as liquid infant formula, canned soup and SpagettiOs, are marketed for babies and toddlers, babies drinking from BPA-plastic bottles and sippy cups and eating canned food could receive significant doses of the chemical, shown in laboratory studies to cause serious damage to brain and reproductive systems of test animals. As well, the chemical has been associated with cardiovascular damage, diabetes, obesity and other chronic conditions. In the absence of any U.S. regulation on BPA contamination of food, EWG has published an online guide to baby-safe bottles and formula. The Harvard/CDC study comes on the heels of Minnesota’s statewide prohibition of BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups and other food containers for children 3 and under. Suffolk County, New York, has also banned BPA in such items, lawmakers in California and Connecticut are considering similar proposals, and the City Council in Chicago just today voted to ban the sale of any baby bottle or sippy cup containing the chemical. EWG supports State Senator Fran Pavley’s (D) measure to ban BPA in California. At the federal level, U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) have introduced legislation that would restrict the use of BPA in food and beverage containers. “If the legislation to protect California’s youngest from further exposure to BPA is defeated, those elected officials responsible for its demise should be held to account for protecting the profits of the chemical industry instead of children’s health,” added Sharp. In March, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that 6 major companies -- Avent, Disney First Years, Gerber, Dr. Brown, Playtex and Evenflow -- had volunteered to stop using BPA-based plastic in baby bottles made for the U.S. market. Several major retailers, including Wal-Mart and Toys R’ Us, have announced they would stop selling baby bottles made with BPA. The water bottle manufacturer Nalgene and several of the nation’s largest baby bottle makers are phasing BPA out of their products. The petro-chemical giant Sunoco has promised that it would no longer allow any of the BPA it makes to be used in items designed for children 3 and under. ### EWG is a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC with offices in Oakland, CA. and Des Moines, IA that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment.
go to EWG for more on this article!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
what the heck are antioxidants, and why should I care?...
may 4. 2009
I've missed my blogging on all health issues as they come up and I read them. Time is flying, and as I've been around different family members, it only causes me to turn to my blog to get my health issues off of my chest. It's amazing to me how many people think that there really aren't harmful chemicals in the things we use or eat. It really blows my mind to be honest. I guess a lot of people aren't interested, but after having my health issues, I will be an informed consumer, the best I can. I'm not perfect, we just ate box brownies(something we rarely do!), but most of the time we are very cautious, or try to be.
So an interesting topic I've learned greatly about, since our cruise in February, along with finding out about healthy chocolate, is antioxidants. We've heard this word a lot, it's thrown around here and there, but what does it mean, and is it really important. Well, really the lifeblood of our body... staying in good health, and fighting off diseases, cancers, Parkinsons, you name it, there's a good reason to be eating good food high in antioxidants. Coming into healthy chocolate, I've had my share of criticisms, particularly from my family, and yet, no one takes the time to give it five seconds, to really think, "wow, could something that is kept in it's natural state actually be so good for me, it could lengthen the years of my life and the quality of my life?" No, it's all about harassment and how silly it is. I must say, that until you experience the lack of health, where so many highly potent drugs can't even knock the pain your body is lashing at you, and after twelve hours of sleep, you still can hardly move, you may not be interested in having a good quality of health, because it all seems fine now. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what we feel when we're not paying attention to what we're putting in our body will only last so long, and then we will be called to pay attention when our bodies can't fight the large amount of chemicals being poured into and onto it.
If you for some reason have some spark of interest in what antioxidants do for you, and why you should maybe pay a bit of attention to them, there is a $5.00 book called the Antioxidant miracle. Science is amazing, can be life changing, life altering, and life saving. Some things require faith, some things require work, and some things require patience. Science doesn't answer all questions, but studies on certain things can be a pretty darn close to absolute. Nothing is for certain, it's science. Evidence, theories, results, but it's when you see results for many years on studies that you should start paying attention. Stop being passive, and be someone who actually decides to take control of your life. Stop being ignorant, and start doing research for yourself. Don't take my word for it, google scholar it. It could be the difference that can alter the rest of your life. There are no guarantees in anything you do, but does that mean you just don't do? Of course not. Make a change, and make it now. Make a difference for your life and those around you. Who cares what people think, they can be persuaded by what is streamlined to them by their t.v.'s. Be one of those that thinks for themselves!
I've missed my blogging on all health issues as they come up and I read them. Time is flying, and as I've been around different family members, it only causes me to turn to my blog to get my health issues off of my chest. It's amazing to me how many people think that there really aren't harmful chemicals in the things we use or eat. It really blows my mind to be honest. I guess a lot of people aren't interested, but after having my health issues, I will be an informed consumer, the best I can. I'm not perfect, we just ate box brownies(something we rarely do!), but most of the time we are very cautious, or try to be.
So an interesting topic I've learned greatly about, since our cruise in February, along with finding out about healthy chocolate, is antioxidants. We've heard this word a lot, it's thrown around here and there, but what does it mean, and is it really important. Well, really the lifeblood of our body... staying in good health, and fighting off diseases, cancers, Parkinsons, you name it, there's a good reason to be eating good food high in antioxidants. Coming into healthy chocolate, I've had my share of criticisms, particularly from my family, and yet, no one takes the time to give it five seconds, to really think, "wow, could something that is kept in it's natural state actually be so good for me, it could lengthen the years of my life and the quality of my life?" No, it's all about harassment and how silly it is. I must say, that until you experience the lack of health, where so many highly potent drugs can't even knock the pain your body is lashing at you, and after twelve hours of sleep, you still can hardly move, you may not be interested in having a good quality of health, because it all seems fine now. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what we feel when we're not paying attention to what we're putting in our body will only last so long, and then we will be called to pay attention when our bodies can't fight the large amount of chemicals being poured into and onto it.
If you for some reason have some spark of interest in what antioxidants do for you, and why you should maybe pay a bit of attention to them, there is a $5.00 book called the Antioxidant miracle. Science is amazing, can be life changing, life altering, and life saving. Some things require faith, some things require work, and some things require patience. Science doesn't answer all questions, but studies on certain things can be a pretty darn close to absolute. Nothing is for certain, it's science. Evidence, theories, results, but it's when you see results for many years on studies that you should start paying attention. Stop being passive, and be someone who actually decides to take control of your life. Stop being ignorant, and start doing research for yourself. Don't take my word for it, google scholar it. It could be the difference that can alter the rest of your life. There are no guarantees in anything you do, but does that mean you just don't do? Of course not. Make a change, and make it now. Make a difference for your life and those around you. Who cares what people think, they can be persuaded by what is streamlined to them by their t.v.'s. Be one of those that thinks for themselves!
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