Plastic BPA drinking glasses for grown ups...

[SadieKate]

Is that "you" referring to me or the OP?

I'm mostly an inquiring-mind-wanting-to-know about the duration of storage in the studies.

[tulip]

Is that "you" referring to me or the OP?

I'm mostly an inquiring-mind-wanting-to-know about the duration of storage in the studies.

I was referring to everyone who has concerns about plastics. The collective "you."

I suppose I could have used "one," but that seems so formal and reminds me too much of my 7th grade English teacher.

[OakLeaf]

The position statement I posted - and the Endocrine Society's statement to the FDA - references numerous smaller studies that do show a correlation with adverse health effects at serum and tissue concentrations commonly found in modern humans. The health effects are of the same type for which causative relationships were found in higher-dose animal studies.

That's why the endocrinologists thought that caution and further study are warranted.

What exactly is wrong with caution, again? This isn't like, say, the hype over vaccines, or even mammograms, where there is a known and clearly defined risk to avoiding them. There is absolutely no downside to choosing materials other than polycarbonate for your food and drink containers.

[MartianDestiny]

What exactly is wrong with caution, again?

Caution is fine, the hype is getting old. I'm tired of people literally yelling at me and insulting my intelligence because I refuse to throw away my perfectly good Nalgene bottles that are pre-"BPA free" era and I refuse to make it a personal major issue when shopping for things. I find it especially aggravating and intrusive since there is very little (if any) evidence that NORMAL USE will cause me any harm.

And for entertainment and illustrative purposes I submit the following:
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

[OakLeaf]

Erm, no one here yelled at you or insulted your intelligence. More than one poster insulted the OP's intelligence.

[TsPoet]

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/

[OakLeaf]

Scientific uncertainty is no excuse for failing to protect public health.

The title says it all.

[smilingcat]

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.

[MommyBird]

I forgot about these.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80134821
We have had these for several months and they have been going through the dishwasher with no ill effect.
We use them in our pool house so they do not see super heavy use.
There is no safety info on the Ikea site.
They are very thin and light weight compared to the Target and William-Sanoma models we own. These are also the best value of all three.

I prefer clear drinking glasses and I avoid glass in the pool house and the trailer. These work great for me.
As I was born in 1960, I have been through my share of product scares. It is almost exciting to see what will be the next killer product fixation.