Hi Everybody,
I just wanted to share with you one of the funniest reasons why men can get out of going shopping with their wives or girlfriends. I went to a web site called Health Freedom Alliance and there was an article about how shopping could reduce a man’s fertilely rate. Who makes this stuff up? The article was by Richard Alleyne, who is a Science Correspondent for the Telegragh.co.uk and the article was published recently on June 29th, 2010 and then it ended up on the Health Freedom Alliance web page which promotes protection for health and freedom.
What is the problem or concern? According to the article written by Alleyne about the hazards of shopping related to invisible ink on till receipts contains enough of the hazardous material found in the substance Bisphenol A (BPA) to suppress male hormones in the body (Alleyne, 2010). What concerns the researchers are that the,” The compound – used to make ink visible on thermally sensitive paper – is ingested when men handle the paper – and then touch their mouths or handle food (Alleyne, 2010).”
How much shopping is one person going to have to expose them unknowingly to be at risk for becoming infertile? What happens to the guy who works at the store and changes register tape often because the store is busy or no one else can figure out how to do it? What is BPA really and what other side effects are brought on by this harmful chemical? How do we know these researchers have not made this information up to humor them? While I was looking for an article I also found another one that someone had researched and it stated that lots of medical researchers made things up, left out information or knew someone else who had bent the truth to formulate their point.
According to Melissa Hineha-Ownly the concerns for BPA is higher than in water bottles because based on research done by John Warner and Organic Chemist he tells us how it is worse. “Manufacturers would coat a powdery layer of this BPA onto one side of a piece of paper together with an invisible ink, he says. “Later, when you applied pressure or heat, they would merge together and you’d get color (Hineha-Ownly, 2009). Are you wondering the same thing I am? What practical use is there for using such a dangerous chemical when a greener solution can be found? To further state the point, “Warner’s research shows that the BPA in these receipts can be measured on the milligram level, compared to the nanograms measured in aluminum water bottles. He is so concerned about the possible exposure issues that he considers BPA containing receipts to be the biggest exposure risk to consumers (Hineha-Ownly, 2009).
So now we all know that BPA is just not in our water bottles but we are risk when we touch receipts and wipe our hands on our body. I found another article, and Warner’s name came up again which make me know that this guy really knows what he is talking about, and he is sincerely sharing his concerns with the greater public. Warner used to work at Polaroid and that is where he learned about thermal imagining, he is a professor of Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts and has not written about any of his finding because he would rather work on improving the current process (West, 2009).
My conclusion is that BPA is dangerous and that scientists like Warner will hopefully come up with better options for us and be a role model in the scientific research realm. Will this get you out of a shopping trip “no”, but tell your wife you will hold her purse instead of the receipt.
References:
Alleyne, R. (2010, June 29). Sex and shopping – how retail therapy really is bad for men's health and fertility. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7861156/Sex-and-shopping-how-retail-therapy-really-is-bad-for-mens-health-and-fertility.html
Hineha-Ownly, M. (2009, October 8). BPA in cash register receipts?. Retrieved from http://www.mnn.com/eco-biz/sustainable-business-practices/blogs/bpa-in-cash-register-receipts
West, H. (2009, October 22). BPA paper tigers: "check the receipts.". Retrieved from http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/bpa-paper-tigers-check-the-receipts-01646.html
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