What is the safety of the epoxy lining in steel cans called bisphenol A used in canned tomatoes?
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January 20th, 2008
food safety, heat and epoxy incombination with heat and acidic vegetables seems questionable. Of course the usda thinks it’s fine but why trust them.
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i believe that bisphenol A is the same compound found in the polycarbonate nalgene bottles and other plastics. i have recently stopped using all of my nalgenes due to concerns over the estrogen hormone mimicking compound leeching into the water. known to cause miscarriages and other fertility related problems. the nalgene company also tells us that there is no concern. i love my nalgenes, but if there is a chance that it could impact my health i would rather avoid it.
the compound generally leeches out after wear and tear or heating, like in a dishwasher. so your canned tomatoes might be fine, as long as you don’t reuse the cans. (not that you would, i don’t think)
hope this helps.
Here’s the thing – those tomatoes are acidic, and sit right up against the lining for weeks or even months. If the epoxy has bisphenol-A in it, probably SOME stuff is leaching.
Some canned veggies and fruits are now made with some kind of epoxy enamel lining that does not leach bisphenol-A. Trader Joe’s says its canned goods are in cans of this type.
And:
“Eden Organic Beans are packed in lead free tin covered steel cans coated with a baked on oleoresinous (a natural mixture of an oil and a resin extracted from various plants, such as pine or balsam fir) c-enamel lining that does not contain bisphenol-A. These cans cost 13.77% more than the industry standard cans that do contain bisphenol-A.” I think the tomatoes are still in “normal” (read: bisphenol-A containing) cans.
http://www.edenfoods.com/
I can’t vouch for anyone else.
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