The controversial chemical Bisphenol-A debate continues to rage between the Food and Drug Administration, who has adamantly said BPA is safe, and activist groups, such as the Environmental Working Group which reveals its own contradictory BPA research.

BDA is a special chemical used in the lining of canned goods to separate the metal from the food. It also helps to give plastics a hard texture making it scratch-and-dent resistant. 

"BPA has been used for about 50 years, if not more, and for almost equally long time we've known that it could have harmful side effects," Sonya Lunder, senior analyst of EWG's research department, said. 

The FDA has been pretty dismissive of [BPA]. Sonya Lunder, senior analyst of EWG's research departmentBPA has been proven to act like certain hormones in your body, cause permanent changes to the brain, behavioral problems and hinder the development of the prostrate when exposure is during infancy, Lunder said.

Children are the sacred jewel of tomorrow; they are our promise to humanity that we are still here on this Earth and we will continue to thrive. When their innocence and childhood is threatened, mothers and others alike will band together to protect them. The newest threat to their existence is BPA leakage into their baby formulas, food and water. 

BPA is present in many common household products including baby bottles, baby formula cans, water bottles and canned goods. Lunder confirmed that EWG research has shown that BPA leaks into canned foods, which is in accordance with research done by the FDA and the American Toxicology Board. 

"The FDA has been pretty dismissive of [BPA]," Lunder said. 

If studies that have been conducted and research continues to show the harmful affects of BPA, why does the FDA still refuse to ban the usage of BPA? Lunder defends the FDA, saying that they don't have the power or funding to handle their massive responsibility. Yet, I find it hard to believe, in light of all the information that has surfaced about BPA, that a simple decision to have companies take alternative routes for lining plastics and canned goods a difficult decision to keep them up at nights. 

Coming from a mother's perspective, Lunder cautions parents to not take the blame upon themselves. As we speak over the phone, she half whispers and half speaks her answers to my questions because her two-and-half-year-old son is taking a nap. 

"It's really scary," Lunder said in response to how she felt as a mother. 

I caution parents not take the responsibility of not knowing these things. As parents all we can do is demand better products and rely on good science and a public health safety net. Sonya Lunder "I caution parents not take the responsibility of not knowing these things. As parents, all we can do is demand better products and rely on good science and a public health safety net." 

Lunder said she used glass bottles during her son's infancy. 

BPA exposure to adults have been shown to be less fatal. Most side effects are transient, but in an age when life expectancy has jumped leaps and bounds ahead of yester years, why take the risk of using a product that may cause more harm than good. With an increasing obese population, one side effects for adults is insulin resistance. 

In my opinion, ignorance is not bliss.