Rapport: BPA in Canned Food - Behind the Brand Curtain

Many food companies have pledged publicly to stop using bisphenol A-based epoxy coatings to line their metal food cans, because BPA is a synthetic estrogen that scientists have linked to breast cancer, reproductive damage, developmental problems, heart disease and other illnesses.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed 252 canned food brands in a comprehensive survey of the American canned food marketplace. It has found that although some food companies and brands offer BPA-free packaging in all product lines, others still use cans containing BPA. Disturbingly, consumers have no reliable way of knowing whether a canned food item is BPA-free (EWG Nieuwsbericht, 3 juni 2015).
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