LOS ANGELES TIMES
Although smokers may not like reading the warning labels on cigarettes, at least they know that they’re consuming a product that comes with health risks. Should consumers of canned goods also get the benefit of a warning label? Most might not realize that their canned food has been bathing in BPA, a chemical linked to breast and prostate cancer, as well as infertility, early puberty in girls, obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (A recent study found Del Monte Fresh Cut Green Beans to be the worst offender.)
Those in the food industry argue that they follow food-safety regulations and that there really aren’t cost-effective substitutes to cans.
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