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EWG Database Reveals 16,000 Foods That May Be Packaged With BPA

June 25, 2016 Monica Amarelo, www.ewg.org , ,
By Monica Amarelo for EWG - WASHINGTON––For consumers who want to avoid bisphenol A, EWG today unveiled an easily searchable database of more than 16,000 food and beverage items that may come in cans, bottles or jars containing the hormone-disrupting chemical, better known as BPA. The list was compiled from a little-known food industry inventory and is now available at EWG'sFood Scores database. BPA acts like estrogen in the body and is especially dangerous for pregnant women and children in critical stages of development.

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