Outrage: BPA is in Canned Foods for Kids, Even Organic!

Posted September 21st, 2011 by Claire Moshenberg

Toy Story. Disney Princesses. Dangerous toxic chemicals. One of these things is not like the others, right? Wrong.

A new study by the Breast Cancer Fund shows that the dangerous toxic chemical BPA appears in a wide variety of canned foods specifically marketed towards kids like Campbell’s Disney Princess Cool Shapes Pasta with Chicken in Chicken Broth and Campbell’s Toy Story Fun Shapes noodles. [1] Even seemingly healthy brands like Annie’s Homegrown and Earth’s Best Organic are on the list of canned kids foods featuring a chemicals linked to breast cancer, obesity, prostate cancer, learning disabilities, infertility, and more! [2]

Tell Campbell Soup Company, Con Agra (maker of Chef Boyardee), Annie’s Homegrown and Hain Celestial (maker of Earth’s Best) to stop marketing BPA to kids.

http://action.momsrising.org/letter/BPAKidsCans/

In their new report, BPA in Kids’ Canned Foods, the Breast Cancer Fund has discovered BPA in six popular canned foods marketed directly to kids.[3] BPA leaches from the lining of cans into canned foods. Children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of hormone-disrupting chemicals like BPA because of their small size and developmental stage. Lab studies have linked early life exposures to toxic chemicals to later-life breast cancer risk, as well as early puberty in girls. [4] So what is it doing in foods being marketed directly towards our kids?

Are you outraged? So are we. Join us in telling these top canned goods manufacturers to stop peddling the dangerous toxic chemical BPA to our kids.

http://action.momsrising.org/letter/BPAKidsCans/

Together, we can help make this a safer, healthier place for our families!

[1] “BPA in Kids’ Canned Food: Results,” from the Breast Cancer Fund: http://www.breastcancerfund.org/big-picture-solutions/make-our-products-safe/cans-not-cancer/bpa-kids-data

[2] “Bisphenol A (BPA),” from the Breast Cancer Fund: http://www.breastcancerfund.org/clear-science/chemicals-glossary/bisphenol-a

[3] “BPA in Kids’ Canned Food: Results,” from the Breast Cancer Fund: http://www.breastcancerfund.org/big-picture-solutions/make-our-products-safe/cans-not-cancer/bpa-kids-data

[4] “Too Young for Puberty,” Breast Cancer Fund Blog: http://www.insideprevention.org/early_puberty/

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September 21, 2011 at 11:01 pm by Sam

It is sad when we can’t trust food brands that are marketed as “healthy” and “organic.” It seems that an organic food product should lose its right to label itself as “organic” after the manufacturer places it in a can filled with chemicals! As a mom and a consumer, I don’t care if the dangerous chemicals come from a pesticide or the packaging – I don’t want my kids near it either way.

http://www.chemicalfree.tv

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September 21, 2011 at 4:30 pm by Chiot's Run

The bottom line is that if it’s commercial prepared it’s going to have chemicals in it, whether they’re labeled or not. So if they do get rid of the BPA lining there will probably be something else in there.

The only way to guarantee that your kids are eating non-toxic organic food is to buy from local farms and prepare yourself. It’s time to take the responsibility for feeding our families back. You can’t expect someone else, particularly a big corporation to care – after all they’re in business to make money!

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Claire Moshenberg Reply:
September 27th, 2011 at 7:19 pm

@Chiot’s Run, Thank you for your thoughtful response! Unfortunately, fresh foods are not available to all families and canned food consumption goes beyond choosing not to buy cans at the grocery store. Eating in restaurants, children eating at daycare centers or schools, eating at soup kitchens—all of these often daily activities expose families to BPA through the use of canned ingredients.

Preparing fresh food from local farms is fantastic if that’s an option in your life. If not, parents should still be able to feed their kids in all situations and locations without having to worry about coming in contact with a dangerous toxic chemical.

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