So remember when you got rid of all those nasty plastic BPA bottles in favor of the BPA free ones which you thought would be safer? As it turns out, that might have been a really bad idea.
Having been raised by chemists, I kind of knew this was coming. When they outlawed saccharin in the 1970s my parents warehoused the stuff muttering things about rat anatomy, poorly designed studies and far more toxic alternatives.
Then I learned that those mercury free fillings were hardened with BPA or a BPA like compound and that the kids with the BPA fillings had more issues than the ones with amalgam. So I kept my metal and turned into the crazed brushing lady when dealing with my son’s indifferent efforts. So far, no cavities.
So I never went for the BPA free bottles. I sensed a conspiracy and started drinking out of glass jars and for my son I switched to unlined stainless steel bottles with no hard plastic touching the water anywhere. They come in two varieties, the Thermos brand ones with a straw built in and Yoda on the front and the kind where you have to completely unscrew the lid to drink.
And no I am NOT talking about Sigg bottles. Sigg bottles are lined and they do not share the composition of their liner.
Well, as it turns out those BPA free plastics may actually be WORSE than BPA is.
And the tiniest of doses is devastating to future generations. See the HuffPost article below.
So what can a person actually DO about this that isn’t insanely hard?
1) Only use tomato puree or “canned” tomatoes that come from a jar (the lid is lined with plastic but it need not come into contact with the tomatoes). I recommend Eden Organics all the time because even with their canned tomatoes they test for BPA and Consumer Reports tested them too and found very little (1 ppb) BPA in their food.
2) Use glass or unlined thermos bottles where the drink does not touch the plastic but instead is protected by a silicone barrier.
3) Buy your children only those skintight cotton pajamas that have giant tags warning you that they are not flame retardant. They come in superhero varieties and you can get them at Target.
4) Don’t use nonstick cookware. For baking use clay or shiny stainless or aluminum pans. Silicone is another option although hard to work with. Just soak the pot for a few hours if you burn something in it. That or deglaze the pan if the recipe can stand it. I find that low standards as to what a clean pot looks like is a good thing.
5) Use non-neurotoxic bug killers. Terro is a boric acid and sugar compound that works wonders on ants. Roaches can be kept out using steel wool and duct tape at all your pipe openings, and ladybugs and bats will protect your yard. For termites try Sentricon.
So without further ado, here is the list
http://www.ewg.org/research/dirty-dozen-list-endocrine-disruptors
And here is the HuffPost article about the coverup
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/hormone-disruptors-bpa-chemicals-dirty-dozen_n_4169806.html
The Environmental Working Group has a new “Dirty Dozen” list of the scariest endocrine disruptors.
