SeniorJunior

What's Wrong With Us? Why can't we bring political pressure to bear where it can improve our health?  Why can't BPA, with lots of proven nasty effects on our bodies, simply be eliminated?  Who's pulling what strings? See if this looks like it needs regulating: [[See the whole piece HERE ]] [[See my posts on BPA since 2007 here .]] YOU CAN GET A CRAZY AMOUNT OF BPA FROM  CASH REGISTER RECEIPTS BY  PAUL RAUBER Schematic diagram of the transmission of BPA from thermal receipts to your skin and the food you eat.  Ever since  early exposes  showed the endocrine-system-disrupting effects of the industrial chemical BPA, manufacturers have discontinued its use in water bottles, baby bottle, and binkies. (That's why everyone drinks their water out of metal containers these days.) In estimating human exposure to the gender-bending chemical these days, federal regulators assume that the main source of exposure to BP...

It Just Keeps Getting Worse Ye who have checked this humble blog occasionally might sense that I have been on the anti- BPA ( Bisphenol Acid in common plastics in our lives) bandwagon for quite a while. And NOW... whoo , boy... it seems BPA in the blood correlates with heart disease. Not good. Anyway, check out Web- MD's take on the research. And watch what the stuff you eat and drink is packaged in. [Here are my prior rants on the stuff: http://seniorjunior.blogspot.com/search?q=bpa+]