http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/science/07bpa.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Following my post regarding the danger of chemicals in plastic bottles a few days ago, well I ask my great friend Erica Angyal, and here is what she wrote back to me…

www.erica-angyal.com

Ines,

We all know it’s impossible to completely avoid plastic bottles, but it’s a good idea to avoid them where possible. BPA is also found in the linings of canned food….

Get a great reverse osmosis filter on your taps at home, and where possible use glass. There are some companies like Evian and Surgiva (Italian) that sell their water in glass bottles. Transfer some of the food in plastics into glass …… everything used to come in glass!

But what really worries me is mothers that put their plastic baby’s bottles in the microwave to warm up milk, or even their food in a microwave in plastic containers with a plastic wrap…. The heat can speed up the release of the nasty chemicals like BPA into the milk. This will also happen if you keep a plastic water bottle in the sun in your car …

Babies and children are so much more vulnerable to the effects of many of these “hormone disruptors”.

But plastics certainly aren’t the only hormone disruption out there … pesticides, herbicides, chemicals in cosmetics and especially in chemical sunscreens, and potentially thousands of other chemicals including the stuff that they include in non-stick cookware.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a great resource that works to protect kids (and people!!) from toxic chemicals in our food, water, air and the products. They do some really interesting testing …

http://www.ewg.org/

http://www.ewg.org/chemindex/chemicals/bisphenolA

Can’t wait to see you soon!

Erica

I love this picture with my friend… this was taken n Mexico I think. God memories….