From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2009-10-08 16:35:19 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] BPAs: Because some people try to prevent ferrets being exposed
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, Ferret Mailing List <ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG>
BPA is an estrogen mimic and with ferrets so prone to endocrinological=20
growths, both benign and malignant, it might make sense to restrict=20
BPA exposure.
People who do not subscribe to Science News will need to wait a while=20
before they can read this. We have a few subscriptions we would never=20
want to be without. Science News is definitely one of them. We learn=20
a lot each week in a fun and clear fashion thanks to those good people.
http://www.sciencenews.org/index/generic/activity/view/id/48084/title/Conce=
rned_about_BPA_Check_your_receipts
The article title is:
> CONCERNED ABOUT BPA: CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS
and it begins:
> While working at Polaroid Corp. for more than a decade, John C.=20
> Warner learned about the chemistry behind some carbonless copy=20
> papers (now used for most credit card receipts) and the thermal=20
> imaging papers that are spit out by most modern cash registers. Both=20
> relied on bisphenol-A.
Not all such papers have that residue but there is no way for the=20
average customer or employee to know which do and which don't.
For comparison for those people who will not use that type of plastic=20
for bottles:
> ... amount receipts carry isn=92t trivial.
>
> =93When people talk about polycarbonate bottles, they talk about=20
> nanogram quantities of BPA [leaching out],=94 Warner observes. =93The =
> average cash register receipt that's out there and uses the BPA=20
> technology will have 60 to 100 milligrams of free BPA.=94...
>
> As such, he argues, when it comes to BPA in the urban environment,=20
> =93the biggest exposures, in my opinion, will be these cash register=20
> receipts.=94...
>
Do you put your receipts in your bags? Maybe that is not the best=20
idea, and maybe ferrets should not play in those bags, even with=20
supervision, in case the powder is in them, either from your receipts=20
or just floating near the registers.
in the article a person advises washing hands before touching food and=20
that pregnant women wash after touching any of the receipts.
The work is by:
http://www.warnerbabcock.com/publications.html
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
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