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That's why I prefer the drinking glasses, my health is good and will be for many years ;), the only problem they're expensive:http://www.twenga.com/dir-Housewares...inking-glasses , the world is unconscious, we need more glasses products but we created more and more cups and other plastic objects, the world is going down :(
http://edrv.endojournals.org/content....full.pdf+html
Lay summary here.
Short version: "the dose makes the poison" doesn't mean that smaller concentrations are safer, when it comes to hormones and hormone disruption; the way the body handles hormones means that smaller amounts may actually be more dangerous.
Be safe, all.
(Also this from last year; granted the study was funded by an "alternative" plastics company, but that fact doesn't make me trust the products they tested any more, it just means I don't trust their product, either.)
Tervis has a 16 oz. tumbler.
http://www.tervis.com/
So, I don't know if you can open it, but here is an article by our group... (someone suggested my comments were from a "business" point of view - um, I work for a Nat'l lab, so not really...)
http://apps.webofknowledge.com/Inbou...ode=FullRecord
And here are some somewhat scientific editorials on it...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/trevorbu...a-ignoring-it/
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Q...henol-A-threat
and here's a load of BS about it - that is what people are choosing to believe - so read away and enjoy
http://grist.org/food/2011-09-26-did...e-bpa-is-safe/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...nd-bpa/245657/
Scientific uncertainty is no excuse for failing to protect public health.
The title says it all.
One thing I would like to point out is that because of BPA coated cans, rarely do we see any rusted canned goods. In the old days, you would occasionally see a leaking can of canned food or worse yet, a bloated can because the can rusted enough to be compromised.
Sometimes, choices are matter of lesser of two evils.