MEC silently removes polycarbonate bottles
Ryan sends me this Globe and Mail article noting that MEC
[Ranting at MEC] has silently
pulled all their polycarbonate Nalgene bottles (the coloured or clear
ones, NOT the filmy white LDPE bottles like the ones I have) off of
shelves.
Globe
The plastic in question is made mostly from bisphenol A, which
mimics estrogen and is derived from petrochemicals.
It has been linked in dozens of independent research studies to
illnesses that could be caused by hormone disruption. However,
manufacturers of bisphenol A say their research shows the material
to be harmless.
Hello,
I recently read at the Globe and Mail's Web site this article:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071207.wcoop07/BNStory/National/home
It says that MEC is (*finally*, IMO) pulling Lexan/polycarbonate
water-bottles from its shelves until the federal government has
completed its health survey on the issue. I have a couple questions:
1. There's no notice on your Web site about this; will there be? Is
there a notice in stores (I haven't been to my local Calgary one
recently)?
2. Do you plan on pulling other Bisphenol-A contaminated food products
from your shelves? For example, I understand it is used as a "food
safe" lining in many packaging systems (not sure if this affects any
of your products, e.g. freeze-dried food, maybe)?
Let me also say that I'm very glad to see MEC is doing this.
Cheers,
--
mike warren
Update on December 12
I just want to acknowledge that we have received your email and to let
you know that our Product Manager for the food category is conducting
research into the other food packaging used for the products we
sell. We will get back to you once we have some results from this
research.
We will be posting some information on our web site tomorrow regarding
our decision to discontinue the sale of polycarbonate containers,
pending the Health Canada ruling next year.
Thank you for writing.
Regards,
Harry