Manufacturers Replace BPA with Still Highly Toxic BPS

'As we reported on back in June of last year, in an exposé titled, Consumer Alert: BPA-Free Goods Still Contain Toxin Bisphenol, the petrochemical bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous ingredient in thousands of consumer products and which has been linked to a wide range of serious adverse health effects,[i] has been removed by many ostensibly scrupulous manufacturers in favor of another equally toxic analog in the same chemical class, known as bisphenol S (BPS). 

This has enabled manufacturers of products as varied as thermal printer receipts to sippy cups to advertise their products as "BPA-free," while still exposing consumers to potentially harmful, and less regulated chemicals.'

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BPA and Narrowed Arteries: New Study Links Plastics Chemical with Coronary Artery Stenosis

By Dr. Mercola

'A new study indicates bisphenol-A (BPA) – a chemical already found to be an endocrine disrupter linked to cancer and reproductive and fetal development problems – may be contributing to narrowed arteries.

Unfortunately, unequivocal proof of the chemical's dangers to the arteries will be difficult to obtain because experiments on humans are not feasible, but the study's authors said the growing body of evidence is impressive enough to add BPA exposure to the known risk factors for heart disease.'

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Phthalates: Lack of Regulation and Protecting Yourself

'Cancer-causing' chemical used in plastics and food containers can also lead to obesity and diabetes, says study'

'Phthalates are highly toxic and they’re virtually everywhere. We literally breathe them in! Here is information about the lack of adequate regulation and how you can limit your exposure.'


'To be blunt, it’s virtually impossible to completely avoid phthalates. They are, literally, in the environment everywhere—in the air, water, and even in food. They’re in cosmetics, cleaning products, and the containers that hold them. They’re in soft vinyl toys, vinyl floorings, vinyl mini blinds, wallpaper, wood finishes, shower curtains, and in the air in rooms that contain them. They’re in wood finishes, perfume, hairspray, soap, shampoo, moisturizers, nail polish, food packaging, plastic wrap, lubricants, adhesives, plumbing pipes, insecticides, medical devices, and much more.

We eat phthalates, we drink phthalates, we soak them in through our skin, and we breathe them. They are everywhere. However, you can limit your exposure, but it will mean doing without a lot of modern conveniences. Here are some things you can do:'


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Phthalates: Likely Cause of Diabetes and Obesity – and They’re Everywhere!

'A major study shows a very strong connection between phthalate exposure and diabetes in women. This group of chemicals is ubiquotous. You literally cannot eliminate them from your life. Though diabetes is generally thought to be a disease that results from poor lifestyle and poor diet, it may have more to do with environmental chemicals thrust on us than on poor personal choices.

Phthalates—pronounced thal-ates, first a is short—have been used in products for decades. They are found virtually everywhere. We even breathe them in. They’re a group of chemicals that do provide some benefits, mostly in terms of making plastics malleable. However, they were foisted on us without consideration for their potential to cause harm, and now we’re seeing massive damage to human health, along with pollution of the environment.'

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Garden Hoses Leach Toxic Chemicals Into Water

'Have you ever wondered where that funny taste and/or smell comes from when you take a drink of water out of the garden hose? Most likely, it comes from toxins in the lining of the garden hose and its fittings.

Research released by Healthystuff.org studied 90 different types of garden hoses. They found levels of lead in excess of Consumer Product Safety Commission Standards for other products, and phthalate DEHP and lead levels in excess of the Federal safe water drinking standards.

The research also found a number of other concerning toxins leached out by garden hoses, including antimony, Bisphenol A, Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), Diisobuytle phtalate (DIBP) and Diisononyl phthalates (DINP). The BPA levels of hose water from the tests were twenty times higher than the .1 ppm BPA levels allowed by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) – a safe drinking water foundation and certification group.'

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The 5 Top Health Threats Affecting Children, Yet Denied By The Mainstream Media

Editor's note: Vaccines should top the list!


'The mainstream media and government have peddled the same lame health concerns affecting children for decades. Whether it's drug abuse, smoking, teen pregnancy, obesity or any other perceived public health threat, no officially recognized health concern affecting children compares to the actual threats which are rarely if ever discussed by public health entities or the mainstream media. The reasons for this convenient ignorance are simple...deception and distraction.'




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5 Reasons to Avoid Plastic Containers

'The great American novelist Normal Mailer once said, “I sometimes think that there is a malign force loose in the universe that is the social equivalent of cancer, and it’s plastic. It infiltrates everything. It’s metastasis. It gets into every single pore of productive life.” You would think this was a recent quote, something he might have said after the green movement became popular. But no – he said this in 1983, before America’s obsession with everything plastic was even close to reaching its peak. What amazing foresight he had.'




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BPA-Free Products Still Contain Bisphenols Of Equal Toxicity

'Now that consumers are refusing to buy BPA-containing containers, manufacturers have had no choice but to oblige with seemingly bisphenol-free alternatives. 

Ironically, however, BPA is used to make Sippy Cups (and polycarbonate) shatterproof, and therefore "safer." But, instead of manufacturers actually removing the danger in BPA-free labeled products, many are capitalizing on this dialectical marketing opportunity by removing only the perception of danger, opting to substitute BPA for equally toxic bisphenols within the same chemical class.'


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