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The top ten consumer questions about superfruit juices: Pomegranate, blueberry, acai and cherry Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

If this is true, it would mean that high-temperature juice comes into contact with the plastic container, and this could be an opportunity for the release of bisphenol-a. However, I am not a beverage production engineer, and I'm not familiar with the exact process used by juice bottling companies. In any case, regardless of the above, the safest containers are glass because they don't emit any bisphenol-a chemicals whatsoever. In fact, there's nothing harmful in glass, and it's the container of choice for health-conscious consumers. Of course, glass breaks easily, and it's heavy.

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Plastics made from polycarbonate resin can leach bisphenol-a (BPA), a potent hormone disruptor. BPA, a chemical found in epoxy resin and polycarbonate plastics, may impair the reproductive organs and have adverse effects on tumors, breast tissue development, and prostate development by reducing sperm count. BPA can leach into water bottles through normal wear and tear and exposure to heat and cleaning agents. This includes leaving your plastic water bottle in your car during errands, in your backpack during hikes, and running it through your dishwasher or using harsh detergents.

How food manufacturers trick consumers with deceptive ingredients lists Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Ingredients lists don't include contaminants There is no requirement for food ingredients lists to include the names of chemical contaminants, heavy metals, bisphenol-a, PCBs, perchlorate or other toxic substances found in the food. As a result, ingredients lists don't really list what's actually in the food, they only list what the manufacturer wants you to believe is in the food. This is by design, of course. Requirements for listing food ingredients were created by a joint effort between the government and private industry (food corporations).

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The bottles used to package bottled water are almost always made from plastics containing bisphenol-a (BPA), a carcinogenic chemical that often leaches into the water and gets swallowed by consumers. Click here to read our articles on BPA, a chemical widely believed to contribute to certain cancers. This contamination factor, however, is true for all products stored in plastic bottles, not merely water. Sports drinks, sodas, fruit drinks and even "healthy" smoothie drinks packaged in plastic all share a common risk of BPA contamination. Bottled water vs.

Bisphenol A chemical commonly found in canned soup and food storage plastics Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

According to the bisphenol-a.org website, "Bisphenol A is an industrial chemical used primarily to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, both of which are used in countless applications that make our lives easier, healthier and safer, each and every day." But the Environmental Working Group states, "BPA is an ingredient in plastics and the epoxy resins that line food cans. Low doses of BPA lead to a range of health problems, including birth defects of the male and female reproductive systems in laboratory animals.

The top ten consumer questions about superfruit juices: Pomegranate, blueberry, acai and cherry Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

In any case, regardless of the above, the safest containers are glass because they don't emit any bisphenol-a chemicals whatsoever. In fact, there's nothing harmful in glass, and it's the container of choice for health-conscious consumers. Of course, glass breaks easily, and it's heavy. These two factors make plastic the obvious choice for cost-conscious companies who are mass-marketing their juices through the retail channels (grocery stores, etc.) But make no mistake: glass is the container of choice for health-conscious consumers. How much superfruit juice should I drink?

Is the bisphenol-a chemical in the plastic containers used with fruit juices a threat to my health? A small threat, perhaps, but the health benefits of drinking superfruit juices greatly outweigh the health risks of plastics chemicals. Still, it's better to drink such juices from glass containers, not plastic. #3: Are organic fruit juices healthier than non-organic? Yes! Organic fruits have much higher concentrations of phytonutrients (natural plant medicines), vitamins and minerals. Organic farming is also better for the environment.

Plastics, you may know, often contain the bisphenol-a chemical which is thought to contribute to various cancers. The best products come in glass containers, not plastic. (I recommend buying fruit juices in glass wherever possible.) 3. There are likely pesticide residues in the non-organic juice products. Pesticides aren't listed on the ingredients label, but they're nonetheless present.

The offending chemical usually cited in this context is bisphenol-a, a hormone mimicker. Many health experts believe that the rise on hormone-related cancers in western societies today is due, in part, to all of the synthetic hormone-like chemicals found in foods, drugs and packaging. Thus, if people are drinking pomegranate juice to help prevent prostate cancer, doesn't it seem contradictory that the juice would be packaged in plastic containers believed to contribute to prostate cancer? The real answer, in my educated opinion, is found in the heat factor.

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REPPED: American consumers are increasingly aware that plastics contain bisphenol-a, air fresheners contain phthalates, and antibacterial soaps contain a chemical called Triclosan, but few people realize that laundry detergent products often contain synthetic chemicals that pose a hazard to human health as well as the environment.

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This report suggested that however it is happening, whether from baby bottles or other sources, certainly bisphenol-a is being absorbed by humans. Puerto Rico has the highest known incidence of premature thelarche (breast development) ever reported, according to a report in Environmental Health Perspectives.2^1 Since 1979, pediatric endocrinologists in Puerto Rico have detected an alarming increase in the number of patients with premature thelarche.

The twins loved their milk and gulped from baby bottles made with polycarbonate petrochemical-based soft and hard plastics, including the presence of various estrogenic synthetic petrochemicals called phthalates and the contaminant bisphenol-a that have potentially leached into their milk. It bothered me.

Scientists in Japan said a small sample study published in Human Reproduction indicated a link between recurrent miscarriages and bisphenol-a Such studies could potentially expose the companies or their clients to lawsuits from consumers who may have been harmed by the chemicals. The latest study showed that women with a history of miscarriages were found to have higher levels of BPA in their bodies. The women who had miscarriages were found to have BPA levels on average about three times higher than women who had successfully given birth, according to an online food industry Web site.

No one is telling you to join the Paranoid Society for Chemical Phobias and to search under your mattress for every stinking pinko chemical commie phthalate and barbaric bisphenol-a terrorist; you will drive yourself cracked nuts doing so. But to say widespread human exposure to estrogenic chemicals like phthalates isn't worrisome and we should all go back to la-la land isn't good, either. Let me tell you why I'm concerned, as a parent, as a husband, and as a red-blooded male of the species.

The top ten consumer questions about superfruit juices: Pomegranate, blueberry, acai and cherry Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Although this is not a scientific number, here's a reasonable estimation: Food heated in plastic may generate 500 times the bisphenol-a contamination as food kept cold in plastic containers. Thus, cold plastic containers seem relatively safe. But don't think you're safe yet! The real question here is: What was the temperature of the juice when it was poured into the plastic bottle at the manufacturing facility?

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Phthalates and bisphenol-a, like many of the petrochemicals I'll tell you about on your perilous but safe trip, aren't quite identical to the natural hormone molecules in men's or women's bodies, but they come close enough that they occupy the same receptors on estrogen-sensitive tissues and exert their own unique effects on human health. I would love for us to avoid all exposures to chemicals that potentially interfere with the endocrine system, but it simply isn't possible, so we do the best we can and muddle on, somewhere between L.A. and Eden, hopefully a lot closer to Eden.

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Prostate cancer, for example, is just as sensitive to synthetic estrogen mimickers in foods and food packaging as breast cancer, and preventing prostate cancer is as straightforward as preventing breast cancer: Avoiding bisphenol-a in plastic packaging and water bottles, avoiding sodium nitrite in processed meat products, supplementing with zinc, green tea, lycopene, various isoflavones, etc. Thanks to popular culture, the image of men eating healthy diets has been "sissified.

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Toxins from Water: 150,000 Arsenic, fluoride, chlorine, prescription drug residue, pesticides, rocket fuel (perchlorate), bisphenol-a (toxin used in making plastic water bottles), C§ (the chemical used to make Teflon111), bacteria, parasites, etc Toxins from Prescription Drugs: 180,000 Aluminum, mercury, chemotherapy, left-over animal parts from meat processing plants, synthetic chemicals, liver toxic glues, fillers, binders, artificial colorings, spermicides, synthetic hormones, vaccines, etc.

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Other phthalates are used in the plastic lining of bottles, especially leaving traces of bisphenol-a, which is found in the plastic inner linings of the tiny pull-top cans of peaches and mandarin oranges that children love. Because phthalates aren't always strongly bonded to the materials to which they are added, they can be absorbed by the human body through either inhalation or the skin.

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The estrogenic properties of bisphenol-a (BPA) was known as early as 1936, yet children now have their teeth coated with plastic containing BPA. The ADA denies any problem and goes on coating teeth. Food and drink cans are lined with it. Some plasfic baby bottles contain it and other plasticizers. In April 1999, Consumer Reports Special Report advised parents to dispose of soft vinyl teethers and toys that infants sometimes suck or chew, and all clear, shiny plastic baby bottles, unless the manufacturer tells you they're not made of polycarbonate, which leaches BPA.

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Consumer Reports states that polycarbonate leaches a chemical called bisphenol-a, which "has produced physiological effects similar to those produced by estrogen. During such 'endocrine disruption,' chemicals interfere with or mimic the action of hormones, possibly upsetting normal development. . . Based on testing with an intact bottle, we calculate that a typical baby who drank formula sterilized by heating in a bottle would be exposed to a bisphenol-a dose of about 4 percent of an amount that has adversely affected test animals . . . Such exposure may sound very low.

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In the 1970s, researchers at Stanford University found that an estrogenic chemical, bisphenol-a, could leach out of polycarbonate bottles. The ability of bisphenol-a to produce estrogenic effects was discovered when some men in the plastics industry developed prominent breasts after inhaling the chemical in dust. No one has yet figured out exactly how much of this chemical actually seeps into foods and beverages or whether it causes breast cancer in humans when ingested.

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Based on testing with an intact bottle, we calculate that a typical baby who drank formula sterilized by heating in a bottle would be exposed to a bisphenol-a dose of about 4 percent of an amount that has adversely affected test animals . . . Such exposure may sound very low. However, safety limits for infant exposure can be set as low as 0.1 percent of the level that has adversely affected animals.

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Other examples of estrogen-nunucking (xenoestrogenic) chemicals that tend to accumulate in the body include kepone, dieldrin, methoxychlor, aikyl phenols, and bisphenol-a.3233 Fission products. Low doses of radiation that are released from nuclear power plants result in the appearance of fission products in our food supply.34 Radiation causes genetic damage, which increases the overall risk for breast cancer. It is now known that radiation causes mutation of the important p53 suppressor gene. For this reason, I do not recommend postlumpectomy radiation.

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Examples of estrogen mimickers are DDT, DDE, dieldrin, dicofol, methoxychlor, some PCBs, alkyl phenols from penta- to nonylphenol, as well as bisphenol-a (the building block of polycarbonate plastics, used in many common detergents, toiletries, lubricants, and spermicides). Many of these estrogen mimickers resist breaking down in the environment and are highly soluble in fat; thus they accumulate in the bodies of fish, birds, mammals, and humans. Nonvegetarians obviously accumulate a higher amount.

Permanent Remissions Robert Hass, M.S. See book keywords and concepts

I know I told you that the Permanent Remissions Plan can protect breast and ovarian tissue from xenoestrogens, but beta-HCH and bisphenol-a do not bind to estrogen receptors in breast tissue. Devra Lee -?- Davis, Ph.D., of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., and Michael Osborne, Ph.D., of the Strang Cancer Prevention Center in New York believe that not all xenoestrogens work through the estrogen receptor to increase breast cancer risk—and therein lies the problem. This is one xenoestrogen that may be able to elude the protective effect of phytonutrients.

The ability of bisphenol-a to produce estrogenic effects was discovered when some men in the plastics industry developed prominent breasts after inhaling the chemical in dust. No one has yet figured out exactly how much of this chemical actually seeps into foods and beverages or whether it causes breast cancer in humans when ingested. Another chemical found in household detergents and used to make plastic more flexible, nonylphenol, also mimics the effects of estrogen on breast tissue.

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