User talk:Olderbutwiser

Hello. I just spent an hour trying to reply but I am still trying to find my way around Wikipedia. Sorry, I lost that message and now I am too busy and tired of it to start all over again.

For now I will say that the use of the word governments vs. researchers, is at best misleading, and carries lots of baggage. Researchers is 100% accurate and removes the huge bias that the word governments engenders in the sentence. Why insist otherwise?

If your justification for keeping governments in the sentence is the NTP report, its use of the expression "some concern" means that the scientific evidence is not able to say one way or the other whether BPA is harmful to the brain, prostate gland, and mamary gland of fetuses in the womb, and the age at which females attain puberty. However, NTP also says that there is neglible concern -- the lowest possible level that scientist are capable of stating -- about the effects of BPA on adults or on pregnant women (in terms of fetal or neonatal mortality, birth defects, or reduced birth weight and growth in their offspring). So where does that leave us?

As for Health Canada, the agency says clearly and directly that there is no known risks from exposure to BPA, and that its decision is taken from wanting to exercise a surplus of precaution. And Health Canada has come out now (March 2009) with a study that concludes "The low levels of BPA found in canned drink products available for ssale in Canada confirm Health Canada's previous assessment conclusion that the current dietary exposure to BPA through food packaging uses is not expected to pose a health risk to the general population."

So if you put the word researchers back in replace of governments, then I will trust the system. If not, fine, I really don't want to run this into the ground. I just thought to join up this once to see how Wikipedia works because some of what I read in its articles is not accurate or, like this BPA entry, misleading and biased.

Adios from a grandfather (and a lifelong environmentalist)Olderbutwiser (talk) 20:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)