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7 Companies You Can Trust to Use BPA-Free Cans

Posted by in Eco, Environment on Mar 2nd, 2010 | no responses

Photo courtesy Eden Organic. Here’s a startling, almost amazing fact. Eden Organic has been canning beans since 1999 in BPA (bisphenol-A) free cans. For a decade . Concerns about BPA keep mounting – in January the FDA reversed its 2008 stance to say it was “concerned” about BPA and recommended limited exposure. So why don’t all food manufacturers follow Eden’s lead? It’s a persistance problem, says Eden’s Sue Becker. And, of course, a money issue – BPA-free cans are available, but they cost approximately 2.2 cents more (14%) than cans with stand… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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