Is the BPA in beer can linings (and many other canned goods, for that matter) a health risk? No worries — I prefer beer from a glass container anyway.
The dangerous chemical lurking in your beer can
I used to love drinking beer from cans, but the BPA in the lining is a deal breaker.
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http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/21/bpa-safe-yet-another-scientifically-unfo?n_play=54c12698e4b04c862b98e807
+Clinton Hammond I consider the FDA to be a minimal gate to considering things safe. EFSA's clearance of current BPA levels is a bit more reassuring.
At any rate, I'll continue to drink my beer from bottles where possible, largely for taste reasons, but I won't be giving up my cans of tomato sauce or anything. I'll also keep monitoring the literature.
I'm much more interested in this as it relates to soda cans.
The degree I trust even the European agency is directly affected by how much pressure I think food corporations can bring to bear.
+Doyce Testerman Soda cans would fall into the same category.
And that's my concerns about the regulatory agencies in these instances; they should be acting solely on science, but it does seem too often that they act or rule for political reasons (in both directions).