Michelle Eluamaka
Mrs. Supplee
1st of September, 2015
WIP: Milk = Cancer?
Outline
1: Introduction
a.) Stating consumer stores that the readers may relate to in a question form. The question asks
the reader whether they’ve bought milk products from these stores and states that they’ve
invested into BPA products. BPA is a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins.
II. Diving into the Issue
a.) I could discuss where BPA is found (plastics and resins) other than milk products it is found
in these places.
b.) I could list examples such as: hard plastic sports bottles, plastic food storage containers, food
wrap, plastic bags, components of baby bottles, plastic dinnerware and plates, thermal receipt
paper, canned food and drink.
c.) Then I explain why it is found in some of these places and give some substitute options.
III.
a.) Since the title is about tin milk products, I’ll focus the article more on the background and
effects of BPA found in tin milk and substitutes for it.
b.) I’ll include testimony, quotes, and studies/tests on BPA found in my examples.
c.) I may consider changing the title although the title is meant to be part of what draws the
reader in; simple and concise but not entirely true. Stating “Milk = cancer?” is indeed vague but I
want to keep it short but something seemingly “big” and enough to pull the reader in.
d.) Personally, I love a short article that hits every information I need or want to know (so I don’t
have to google extra stuff). I hope I can pull that off in this first article. As the title of this article
is short, I want the whole article itself to try to be in that form: simple and concise. I want it to be
like I’m a teacher informing people about something very important but in a very explicit
manner. The research I’m putting into this article does confuse me sometimes but I’m working
on getting the clearer picture and adding it to my article.
IV. Conclusion
a.) I want to end the article with advising people to help themselves by trying to find healthier
substitutes to reduce everyday intake of BPA. It’s their choice and I don’t want to seem pushy
about it.
Questions:
For teachers and students:
1: Do you buy milk products from grocery stores? If so, what kind do you buy?
2: Did you know that bpa is found in many places other than tin can milk products and it can
increase an individual’s chances for cancer?
3: Did you know bpa is even found in thermal receipts that you receive after store checkouts?
3: Knowing this, would you stop/reduce canned food intake as well as usage of polycarbonate
plastics or other bpa products? What products would you stop/reduce?
4: If you were in governmental position to ban all uses of bpa chemicals, even though it is a
chemical used to harden many of the plastics we use, would you?
5: If there’s such a high percentage of bpa in products, why do you think this is not a national
problem?