In their new report, BPA in Kids’ Canned Foods, the Breast Cancer Fund has discovered BPA in six popular canned foods marketed directly to kids.
BPA, an endocrine-disrupting hormone, leaches from the lining of cans into canned foods and has been found in Elmo, Toy Story and Disney Princess Campbell’s soups, Chef Boyardee products and even in some organic canned foods like Annie’s Homegrown and Earth’s Best Organic.
This is very disturbing when you consider that BPA has been linked to early puberty (as well as breast cancer, obesity, learning disabilities, infertility, and more).
The physical and mental ramifications of early puberty are substantial. Girls who begin puberty at an early age are more likely to experience low self esteem, poor body image, and depression. Physical side effects include an increased risk for breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and elevated blood pressure.
And it’s not just girls who are affected. in 2010 Barack Obama’s President’s Cancer Panel acknowledged the links between BPA and undescended testicles and the penile birth defect hypospadias in newborn boys and infertility and erectile dysfunction in men.
So WHY is this clearly dangerous chemical found in the can liners of foods made for and marketed to children????
I hope you are as outraged as I am and will join us in telling these top canned goods manufacturers to stop marketing the dangerous BPA to our kids.
Let your voice be heard by signing this petition from Momsrising.org and then send a link to friends and family so they can sign it, too!
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Wow! I have never heard about BPA being in canned goods. Thank you so much for sharing. I will definitely spread the word! Interesting that I haven’t seen this in the media.
Suzanne
This is becoming all to familiar. My daughter was diagnosed with Precocious Puberty at 18 months old and the only link was the baby bottles we used were the Disney Winnie the Pooh Collection. The bottles were recalled because of the BPA as she was being diagnosed. Parents need to be aware of the long term affects. BPA can cause irreversible affects to our children. My daughter has now been on injections to slow the progression 3 years.
Bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor, which can mimic the body’s own hormones and may lead to negative health effects.Early development appears to be the period of greatest sensitivity to its effects,and some studies have linked prenatal exposure to later neurological difficulties. Regulatory bodies have determined safety levels for humans, but those safety levels are currently being questioned or under review as a result of new scientific studies.A 2011 study that investigated the number of chemicals to which pregnant women in the U.S. are exposed found BPA in 96% of women.
In general, plastics that are marked with recycle codes 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are very unlikely to contain BPA. Some, but not all, plastics that are marked with recycle codes 3 or 7 may be made with BPA
In September 2010, Canada became the first country to declare BPA as a toxic substance.