http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/01/11/new-evidence-linking-toxic-food-containers-to-breast-cancer-risks-in-the-womb.aspxBisphenol A (BPA), an artificial estrogenic compound widely used in plastics for food containers, may increase the adult breast cancer risk of female fetuses. This confirms earlier findings regarding a link between BPA and breast cancer. A study exposedenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/01/11/new-evidence-linking-toxic-food-containers-to-breast-cancer-risks-in-the-womb.aspx#32498Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:07:55 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:32498Moriarty<p>Perhaps metal containers would be both shatterproof and nontoxic (if made of iron or stainless, not from aluminium). I have canteens of iron, wrapped in cloth.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=32498" width="1" height="1">