Coke cans and Bisphenol A
December 20th, 2006 Posted in Bisphenol A - Pthalates issue, EcoWarrior, Non Toxic Living, This n ThatTo add to the Toxic Toy issue that you may have read about here, it appears now that Bisphenol A is added to Coca cola cans to prolong shelf life. As you might remember, Bisphenol A is used in baby bottles (hard plastic) and has been shown to leach into the milk in the bottles. Canada is leading the way to turn the current ridiculous “prove it’s unsafe” method to “prove its safe” when it comes to chemicals. I’d imagine that this means that all cans produced by Coco cola have this chemical in it, US and Canada but that’s a guess. Read on;
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=e70c8659-3ee7-4bf2-9e11-c32b7a6195ff