Edward Glantz's List: Carcinogens

• Waiter, there's a potential carcinogen in my soup
• BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the taste.
• BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the taste.
• BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the taste.
• BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the taste.
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Unwilling to take any risks, she ran to Babies "R" Us, which had a program to exchange baby bottles containing BPA, and walked out with $100 in rebates.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span><p>If only life were so easy.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span><p>What Sprague didn't realize is that BPA, or bisphenol A, is ubiquitous. Simply put, just about anything you eat that comes out of a can -- from Campbell's Chicken Soup and SpaghettiOs to Diet Coke and BumbleBee Tuna -- contains the same exact chemical.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span><p>The exposure to BPA from canned food "is far more extensive" than from plastic bottles, said Shanna Swan, a professor and researcher at the University of Rochester in New York. "It's particularly concerning when it's lining infant formula cans."</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span><p>BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the t</p></span></div></div>
• BPA is the key compound in epoxy resin linings that keep food fresher longer and prevents it from interacting with metal and altering the taste

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