Comments on: As a hypothyroid patient, you might want to think twice about drinking water out of plastic bottles

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:15:00 +0000

Ughhh Seriously, I suffer from hypothyroid and I’m trying to find an alternative to soda. I was going to switch to green tea which I love but then learned that the fluoride level is high and then I thought well I guess I’ll just drink water but theres too much fluoride in it too so then I went to search the fluoride content in bottled water and came across this. Now what am I suppose to drink? -_-

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:43:51 +0000

In fact, not all cans that claim to be BPA-free are so. I read in a recent online article by Consumer Reports magazine (circa summer 2010) that an Eden organics canned product (beans, I think) actually tested positive for BPA even though their cans are ostensibly BPA-free. I’ve been meaning to email the people at Eden to find out what their thinking is about this odd result.

Additionally, BPA is not the only plastic product that is problematic. Phthalates I recently learned are a class of plastic additive that are combined with PVC to make the polymer soft and flexible, like a zip-close baggie, or an IV line that connects the drip to the needle. In fact, I think phthalates are even MORE problematic, because they do not acutally bind to the PVC as I believe BPA does, the phthalates are sort of free-floating and leach out of the product even more easily than BPA, which is what has happened when a plastic product loses its elasticity and becomes brittle & disclored.

A good place to start for more information is the website of the Environmental Working Group. They’re the folks that brought you “The Dirty Dozen,” twelve fruits and vegetables most contaminated with toxic pesticides.

I remember twenty years ago I first heard the vulgar saying, “don’t shit where you eat”; but, some days now I so despair that I wonder if a big, steaming plate of organic cow manure wouldn’t be a safer treat than most of what we get at the supermarket! (Frown.)

By: Lynn M.

Lynn M. — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:15:22 +0000

BPA is also a component of white resin dental fillings, especially the types most popularly used by dentists. So anyone with resin fillings is most likely getting continually exposed to BPA unless they have taken preemptive action to avoid filling materials with BPA in them.

By: frances

frances — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:43:29 +0000

Another thing is i did a little experimenting on my own about bpa. i had intense Fibromyalgia tiny knots in all my muscles all over, nothing seemed to help. My boyfriend would just touch me and it was agony. I read online about bpa and just connected the dots and tried my own experiment took out all plastic glasses(i had been using them for my coffee too) within a month all the tiny knots disapeared. i believe whole heartedly there is a connection

By: oplap

oplap — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:25:28 +0000

…Not all plastic bottles that claim to be BPA-free are actually BPA-free. In fact, when plastic baby bottles (claimed by manufacturers to be BPA-free) were tested in Canada, most of them had BPA in it, and the ones that had the most came from a company with the biggest “no-BPA” campaign. Needless to say, it’s wise to use glass and stainless steel.

If you must drink/eat out of plastic, the most preferrable resin ID code (number within arrows that cycle clockwise to form a rounded triangle often found on the bottom of the plastic container) is 1, the worst ones to drink out of are 3, 6 and 7 (7 could be good, but could be bad, since it’s description is “other” you can’t be sure of what the bottle is made of).

By: Amy McMullen

Amy McMullen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:47:52 +0000

Janie, I’ve found an even better way to eliminate underarm odor than baking soda: Milk of Magnesia! I just dab it under my arms and it’s a guaranteed odor killer. It’s inexpensive and its only ingredient is magnesium, a necessary mineral. I very highly recommend it.