Environmental Defence is urging our government to ban Bisphenol A, a toxic chemical that has been shown to cause numerous adverse health effects. BPA is found in clear, hard thick plastic, such as in water bottles and baby bottles, and in the linings of some food cans. Take a moment to sign their online petition asking the federal government to ban Bisphenol A in food and beverage containers.
They have also released the results of a study showing the levels of toxic chemicals in Canadians, young and old. View the alarming results at Toxic Nation.
is it in those re-usable water bottles such as nalgene's?
ReplyDeleteYes - and Nalgene just happens to comment on it here: http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/technical/bpaInfo.html
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