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House Democrats are investigating whether a chemical used to package baby formulas poses a risk to infants, despite assurances by U.S. regulators that it is safe for kids and adults.
Reps. John Dingell and Bart Stupak sent letters Thursday to seven companies that make baby formulations, questioning whether they use bisphenol A in the lining of their cans and bottles. The companies include Hain Celestial Group, Nestle USA, Abbott Laboratories and Wyeth.
The chemical at issue has been used to package foods for over 50 years, but consumer advocates said last year that trace amounts that leak into food could be dangerous to babies….
BPA has long been directly linked to hyperthyroidsm in cats. Of this, I know all too well and all too much. The amount of literature and research I've accumulated on this is only rivaled by the personal pain.
It is literally impossible to get a can of cat food that does not have that pop-top opener. It is because of that kind of lid that this plasticizer, BPA, is used. Veterinarians, veterinary hospitals, hundreds of thousands of cat persons, myself included, have entreated AAFCO and cat food companies to return to the old lids that required a can opener. Gee, whiz, what a freaking hardship! To actually have to use a can opener. We are spoiled, spoiled, spoiled rotten and our cats have to suffer for it.
For now the best I can do is as several vets have advised: to scrape off the top layer of food in a can and only use the food from the center which doesn't touch the sides or the bottom. Awkward? Time consuming? Wasteful? Yes. Yes. Yes. But it's better than nothing till the manufacturers of both cat - and human - food recognize the documented causitive relationship of this additive to cronic, terminal disease. Not to mention the total lack of its necessity in the first place.
Sorry, Ms. EcoPie, if I've strayed from your original intent towards baby food warnings re BPA. I just saw a red - and all too familiar - flag when I saw bisphenol A.
Hey no problem. You seem to know far more about this stuff than I do; I just found out about it this morning and gasped because I thought about all the new Moms on the forum.
Live Long and Prosper Organically - Katie
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To actually have to use a can opener. We are spoiled, spoiled, spoiled rotten and our cats have to suffer for it.
