There are a lot of old bale jars out there, but the jar rubbers are an
increasingly scarce commodity. I standardized on regular mason jars years
ago, as have most home canners.
A little perspective is wanted here. The lid is a pretty small part of the
surface area of the enclosure, and normally it is not in constant contact
with the contents. I certainly wonder what bpa is doing in there, but I
doubt it is a serious concern. I'd be much more concerned (and am) about
commercial food cans where the entire lining is bpa-containing and in
contact with the food.
Joel
At 01:50 PM 7/29/09 -0700, you wrote:
Do they still manufacture the glass top jars with rubber rings?
The rubber probably has a lot of toxins in it as well, but there is at
least a rim of glass between the rubber and the contents.
George
--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Kristie <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Kristie <[email protected]>
Subject: [SustainableTompkins] BPA in home canning lids
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7:26 PM
Hi to any fellow canners out there,
I've been doing some research on what food containers do and do not
contain BPA, and was pretty annoyed to find it's in Ball canning lids.
Please send an email to the parent company, Jarden (which seems to make
all canning lids on the market, Ball, Kerr, etc -- as far as I can tell,
there are no BPA-free alternatives), at
http://www.freshpreserving.com/pages/contact_us/10.php asking them to come
up with a BPA-free version!
Wishing we didn't live in a world so infiltrated with toxins that you have
to worry about your own, home-canned food...
-Kristie
PS Please pass along to other canners! Maybe they will come up with an
alternative if they hear from enough of us.
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