All families deserve access to safe and healthy food, free of toxic chemicals.
A new report showed that
67% of nearly 200 cans tested had Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine-disrupting chemical linked to learning and attention problems, breast and prostate cancer, infertility, type-2 diabetes, obesity, and asthma.
BPA can disrupt brain development even at low levels of exposure. BPA is linked to learning, attention, and behavior challenges. Studies have shown BPA can migrate out of cans, get into the food our families eat, and make its way into our bodies.
Please join the Learning Disabilities Association of America of South Carolina (LDASC) in urging food companies and grocery and dollar stores to take swift action to protect consumers from toxic BPA. This hazardous chemical should not be in cans or other food packaging. But it is not enough to just get BPA out. We need companies to replace toxic BPA with a proven, safer alternative, and that means sharing their safety data on chemical replacements.
I think we can all agree this brain-disrupting chemical doesn't belong in the food our families eat. Will you take a second to join LDASC and help get BPA out of canned foods?
