Kicking the Can in July: Breast Cancer Fund
Printer-friendly versionJoin the Breast Cancer Fund in kicking the can this July! They want to send a message to canned food manufacturers that people want safe, BPA-free canned food. They ask pledge to sign the pledge to avoid canned foods now through July 31. Choose fresh, frozen or dried, but keep that can opener out of sight.
Most canned food companies continue to use BPA, an estrogenic chemical linked to breast cancer, to line their metal cans. Research shows that BPA migrates from the can lining into our food and then into our bodies. The result is that 93 percent of Americans have BPA in them.
Kicking the can isn't just about what you put in your shopping cart this month. The Breast Cancer Fund also wants canned food companies to hear loud and clear that an estrogenic chemical doesn't belong in food in the first place. They'll be delivering pledge signatures to the top canned food manufacturers to show them that thousands of people want BPA off their dinner plates. It's part of the Breast Cancer Fund's continued escalation to get BPA out of food and out of people.
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