A Voice in the Wilderness - BPA Update
Believe it or not the Washington Times has a very good article update on the new evil: BPA.
Here’s the link, excerpt, and update in one toasty block quote:
Plastic hysteria strikes again
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
April 24, 2008
A new health scare — over the safe and useful plastic component, bisphenol-A (BPA) — has taken wing, fomented by the usual suspects: “experts” in rat toxicology working with alarmist, chemical-hating “environmental” activists and self-serving media scaremongers. Soon, we know all too well, will come the plaintiffs’ lawyers to “protect” the public from the non-existent (but lucrative) threats lurking in our plastic bottles.
And more:
The facts buried in the report are quite the opposite of the newspaper headlines. There is no cause for concern, much less alarm, over the tiny exposures we face from plastic bottles made with BPA. The hysteria, aggravated by reports of moms nationwide throwing out “toxic” baby bottles with the number 7 on them, is based (as usual) on rat tests and “general themes” of toxicity, rather than on anything approaching scientific evidence.
Ah, I love it when other experts agree with me. Thank you Dr.Ross. However, the lawsuits have begun (clicky here)!!
Read the article. Spread the love. Mr.Hooah!, out.
WARNING WARNING WARNING: Small amounts of saliva, ingested daily over a period of 90 years, eventually cause death!
As soon as lawyers become involved, you know everything will cost more, and those costs of course will be passed along to the end consumer.
It’s trial lawyers (read Democrats) that are driving this issue.
T’ hell with the lot of them.
Check out my defense of plastics if you have a chance –http://catskillcommentator.com/2008/04/24/plastics-dont-pollute-they-save-lives/
Al
I not only checked it out … I commented. I hope you like apples.