Only 6% of all polymers (plastics) are recycled, not the urban legend out there of a higher number, as is the case with Aluminum or Glass.

All plastics are petro chemical based.  Eliminate plastic usage and the number of barrels per day reduced in foreign oil importation is STAGGERING in large volume.

The line of job/investment advice to Dustin Hoffman's character in 'The Graduate', that "Plastics" is the future, is wrong; it is our undoing - economically, environmentally, and optimum preventable health.

I noticed the plastic industry stated that the scientist were biased and the science did not really support their position.  However, they are also biased that there is nothing wrong with their products.

Mary

Maybe it isn't just the immunizations that are causing children to have autism and be ill.  We have created our very own tower of Babel in the chemical building blocks of industrialization.

So now what do you all think of the new steamer bags from Ziploc ? Will anyone buy them ? I don't know why they keep coming up with more ways to use the microwave and plastic. Seems the BIG companies are filling our minds with these wasy to use items and forgeting about the health issues.Kudos to all the people who want to be more healthy keep up the good investagative work in uncovering this issues that the average consumer is unaware of. I feel sorry that every Human doesn't know these things and we can't trust our government or Big business to lead us in the right direction.

Re. Canned goods. I think there is a trade-off to be made here. In an ideal world we would, of course, eat fresh eleven times out of ten, but, and it's a big but, there are several reasons why canned might have to be used: 1) cost, 2) convenience and 3) seasonality.

I eat tinned fish every day of my life (sardines and tuna). I don't have the time, the ability, the money or the servants to prepare fresh fish every day, and besides, fresh tuna could come from the Med. (high mercury levels compared to ocean-caught), my head is full of mercury amalgam fillings and there is plenty of evidence that chemicals other than the oil in oily fish are cardio-protective. I buy an Atlantic-caught variety, Fresh sardines are available for about 3 months in the summer. What should I do? Move to Portugal?

As regards my exposure to BPA, that's the -ve that goes with the +ve of the oily fish and I've decided to accept it. There is some evidence that % bodyfat influences POC (persistent organic chemical) accumulation in the body (low b.f = low POC and vice versa), rather than actual POC exposure, as the POCs dissolve in your body fat and go in and out of solution, whereas low b.f males have low POC and higher testosterone levels than plump guys. Active people have active body fat (built up and broken down) and the body has a chance to excrete or break-down the POCs (including BPA) when they go into solution. Choosing the low b.f / mobile b.f option through diet and exercise won't help the levels of exposure but will reduce the amount of time the chemicals stay in my body.

That's my take on it anyway.

And here I thought I was doing good by getting my son sealants on his molars to keep from getting cavaties and fighting with a doctor about mercury fillings . . .

So...this is just one more of the 287 chemicals, pollutants and pesticides that cross the placenta of infants everywhere in the world. Of these, we know that 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests. Details: http://archive.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2/execsumm.php

It would certainly be beneficial to ban BPA, but what about the other 286?  It really is hopeless. I know that this news is about as welcome as hair in a biscuit, but even if you lived in a cave, ate bark and twigs and drank glacial meltwater, your body still carries a chemical burden. And the glaciers are melting.

I'm glad this is an issue we are looking at seriously.  Having access to the mainstream literature, it does seem to be a problem that has been ignored.  I wanted to share the first line of an email sent out by the American Dental Association regarding BPA:

Dear Colleague:

The safety of bisphenol A (BPA) has been called into question in recent media coverage. BPA is a chemical found in many hard plastics and used in resins that line food and beverage cans. Although some believe BPA is an ingredient in dental sealants and composites, it isn’t, although there’s some evidence that some dental sealants and to a lesser extent composites may contribute to low-level BPA exposure, probably through the action of salivary enzymes on a minor ingredient. We see no cause for concern at this time but do look forward to the results of a review of a draft report on BPA safety by an independent NIH panel of endocrinologists, statisticians and biologists. The panel evaluated more than 500 scientific studies and was unable to reach a conclusion so the report isn’t expected to be finalized for at least several weeks. The panel has no regulatory authority, and the findings aren’t binding. We’ve posted a press statement about BPA on ADA.org and will continue to keep the profession informed.

I hope it is helpful,

DR. G

Hulda Clark (Prevention of all Cancers) writes: HDPE is a safe plastic, which is gallon milk jugs, some gal.water bottles,

some Kefir bottles etc., read all bottoms and save those precious bottles and containers, incl. buckets from the deli.

   Also all ziploc bags are safe and she says that plastic wrap is the worst to touch food.

I'm so glad vodka comes in glass bottles!

I have a Reverse Osmosis filter (undersink) AND I rent.  In fact this is the second rental property I have been in using one.  You simply have to make a small hole in the sink for the tap, and which you plug with a $10 stainless steel cap when you move out and it looks as good as new.

For good advice, check out this guy: psifilters.com.au (Australian site)

As for plastic in the RO filters, at least you dont also get heavy metals, chlorine, fluorine etc etc as well.....