The Today show tackled the bisphenol A safety issue this morning with a report that encouraged viewers to avoid polycarbonate bottles.
What was really surprising, though, is that after the news portion of the report, which was balanced, Matt Lauer interviewed Dr. Leo Trasande from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the Environment, who urged viewers to not to use PVC, polystyrene or polycarbonate containers. The message was very clear when the show posted a big graphic that said "Do not use" with the recycling symbols for those resins.
What PS and PVC have to do with BPA (basically nothing) was not explained.
The BPA safety issue continues to generate headlines, which must mean consumer awareness is growing. I think it's only a matter of weeks before we start seeing more cities and states try to ban polycarbonate water containers.
Comments (3)
I would like to comment that although they state in the media that all number 7 plastics are bad and contain BPA, this is not true! A number 7 plastic is a plastic that can not be catagorized. There are bottles made from Acylic that are also number 7's with no BPA in them! The media should get their facts straight before sending everyone into a frenzy!!!
Posted by Joyanne LeBarron | April 9, 2008 5:04 PM
Posted on April 9, 2008 17:04
We are already in a frenzy. The media should not only get their facts straight, but try to straighten out the skewed public perceptions, interview psychologists and the like to see WHY we "eat" these "poisonous" exaggerations. And where are SPI and ACS in all this? If plastics are good public press, the media should jump at the chance for a Great Debate.
And look at the assumption made by this very blogger, that BPA is inherently both bad and present in PC bottle contents at dangerous levels. Where has that been independently proven? If really true, our own industry should be in the forefront of the efforts to switch to something else. And if untrue, where are the Mythbusters?
ALG
Posted by Allan Griff | April 10, 2008 11:38 AM
Posted on April 10, 2008 11:38
Makes one wonder about the short-sightedness of ACC "merging" APC (and the image campaign) out of existence.
Posted by Mark Sofman | April 11, 2008 1:53 PM
Posted on April 11, 2008 13:53