Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with CTV Atlantic on Wednesday, March 30 about a new study raising a flag on the amount of bisphenol A (BPA) found in the lining of canned goods. Read the article and watch the video here.
The study states that 71 per cent of sampled Del Monte cans tested positive for BPA, 50 per cent of General Mills cans tested positive, and 100 per cent of Campbell’s cans contained BPA.
“The reason that companies, like Heinz or Campbell’s or Del Monte are using it as a product, is that it gives it a longer shelf life for whatever is in the can, so it’s straight up marketing,” said Corbett.
She said if we can ban the chemical from baby bottles and still have baby bottles we should be able to do it for all containers that hold food.
In response to the study, Campbell’s has vowed to transition to cans without BPA linings by the middle of 2017.
“This is a significant impact,” Corbett says. “They could have waited until the government got its act together to ban, but they decided to get out in front of it and I think that’s fantastic.”