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Campaign Demands  Cans Not Cancer Campaign  The Breast Cancer
Fund recognizes that replacing BPA in canned food poses some
unique challenges. Finding safe and easy-to-manufacture
alternatives may not be possible for a few more years.  However,
as the canned food industry seeks alternatives to BPA, the Cans
Not Cancer campaign is calling on manufacturers to commit to the
following actions in order to best protect public health:    1.
Commit to eliminating BPA from all food packaging and establish
timelines and benchmarks for the transition to safer
alternatives.      Consumers are increasingly demanding that
food packaging be free of harmful chemicals like BPA. We call on
manufacturers to commit to eliminating BPA from food packaging
and to set concrete timelines with signifi