Cancer Prevention Guide

More on the Bisphenol-A or BPA as it is more commonly used, the chemical that caused a stir in the medical community when it was linked to genetic abnormalities in children. The chemical is a common ingredient of polycarbonate plastics, commonly used in unbreakable plastic baby bottles and other children’s utensils that has a nasty ability to leach out of these plastics especially when heated. Baby bottles are normally boiled or steamed for sterilization purposes and that being the case, noticeable levels of the chemical leach into the fluids these bottles contain while boiling. The chemical substance has been linked to brain damage and other more serious physiological side effects that had the chemical and type of plastic, banned for use on baby bottles beginning with Canada. The rest of the world was awaiting more scientific basis and with these findings, permanent ban on these products for use on baby products and related food utensils.