Would you eat something food safety experts wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole? What if it was something that’s almost guaranteed to be in your pantry at this very moment?
You may have to toss a few cans of tomatoes then. The linings of tin cans contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to everything from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The acidity in the tomatoes causes BPA to release into the tomatoes, making BPA especially dangerous.
“You can get 50 mcg of BPA per liter out of a tomato can, and that’s a level that is going to impact people, particularly the young,” says Fredrick vom Saal, PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri. “I won’t go near canned tomatoes.”
A study from Harvard School of Public Health revealed that after eating canned soup for one week, subjects’ BPA levels rose by over 1,200 percent – and most people already have levels of BPA in their bodies that exceeds safe amounts.
That’s scary stuff! Stop buying canned tomatoes, and throw out what’s in your cupboard. You shouldn’t feel bad about wasting something that causes serious health problems – and only cost about a dollar. Choose tomatoes in glass bottles, instead!
