Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient ‘Toxic’

Interesting news story about the health dangers of plastics in food packaging, specifically containing a chemical called bisphenol-a. Canada is officially labeling this chemical as toxic. The US Government has been absent on this issue. Of course, the plastics industry is a multi-trillion dollar business.

Full Story via New York Times

...bisphenol-a, or B.P.A is widely used to make polycarbonate plastics, which are rigid and transparent like glass. Because animal tests have shown that even small amounts of the chemical may cause changes in the body, however, researchers have focused on food- and drink-related applications of B.P.A.

The most disturbing part of the article:

...Warren G. Foster, director of the center for reproductive care and reproductive biology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, is more skeptical.

“If I was a fish and there was bisphenol-a in the water, I’d be concerned,” he said.