"Plastic Chemical May Interfere w/Chemo" | Arthritis Information

 

Might be a stretch, but what if it interferes w/mtx for RA, too? 

I just received the enclosed link from my niece on Bisphenol A (BPA)  - doesn't address the link between it and chemo, but has data on other diseases.  I'm not very good at reading these types of reports and so the data may be light on facts or issues, so take it with a grain of salt. 

Canada actually banned BPA, about 6 or 7 months ago. We took our BPA water bottles to the equiptment Co-op where we bought them and they were replaced with stainless steel ones. You can't get BPA baby bottles here.Turns out I was wrong (I know! For the very first time)---Canada was only thinking of banning BPA, and put out a warning. (But for the equiptment co-op that was enough and they replaced the BPA water bottles. But now Canada has banned baby bottles with BPA, and are giving the canned food industry some time to figure out a replacement for inside cans:

Ottawa to ban baby bottles containing controversial chemical
10 hours ago
OTTAWA — Canada became the first country to limit the use of bisphenol A on Saturday when it formally declared the chemical a hazardous substance.
The Conservatives will now move to ban importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottles containing BPA, as the substance is known.
BPA is commonly found in plastic baby bottles, hard plastic sippy cups, reusable water bottles, some food-can linings and dental sealants.
The federal government published its decision to place BPA on its list of toxic substances in the Canada Gazette.
The decision comes six months after Ottawa announced plans to limit use of the controversial chemical.

Read the rest at:
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTxBq--k8cmweVDugdc30Qfctj4w
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