Known to be estrogenic since the mid 1930s, concerns about the use of bisphenol A in consumer products were regularly reported in the news media in 2008 after several governments issued reports questioning its safety, thus prompting some retailers to remove products containing it from their shelves. A 2010 report from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raised further concerns regarding exposure of fetuses, infants, and young children.From the "Slow Death by Rubber Duck Website":
“The Wall St. Journal insults the intelligence of concerned parents and scientists who know it is dangerous for children's health to use products such as baby bottles and sippy cups made from plastic containing BPA. Hundreds of recent studies have linked BPA to human ailments as varied as prostate and breast cancer and heart disease. In our tests, documented in the book, our BPA levels rose 7.5 times over 48 hours after eating and drinking from microwaveable BPA plastic containers. The chemical reached levels in our urine that many recent studies have found to have a biological effect. And infants, who are often exposed to BPA leaching from both the plastic in their baby bottles and the lining of infant formula cans, have far greater exposure to chemicals relative to their body weight and nutritional intake.”
There are 2 groups of substances in relation to ‘estrogens-mimicking’ effects (i.e. they stimulate and/or mimic the effect of real estrogens) – they are Bisphenol A and Phthalates. Phthalates are used as plasticizers in PVC – a material not used by Tupperware. Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the starting substances to make Polycarbonate. Regulatory bodies have put strict limits on the amount of BPA that can be used, and Tupperware Polycarbonate meets these limits by a very large margin and therefore, is not a safety issue.
Petra, for your further information - all plastic raw materials and additives used in the manufacture of Tupperware food storage, preparation and serving products sold in the United State and around the world, meet the requirements in the Regulations of the Food and Drug Administration. All colorants in those products are registered on the French Positive List, which is the most stringent in the world, and comply with the requirements of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Resolution.
Rock 'N Serve microwave line, the Meals-in-Minutes Microsteamer, the "Elegant" Serving Line, the TupperCare baby bottle, the Pizza Keep' N Heat container, and the Table Collection.
