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Jun
01

Down to the wire: will Oregon ban BPA today?

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Oregon parents, health experts, businesses, child care workers, and consumers are pushing for a bill to remove Bisphenol-A (BPA)-leaching baby bottles and sippy cups from Oregon’s store shelves.  But if the chemical industry has its way, half-truths will doom this business-savvy public health bill. Senate Bill 695 passed the Oregon Senate in April with a bipartisan majority Continue Reading

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May
26

BPA update: CA moves forward, OR stalls

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It’s good news/bad news this week for state bans on BPA in kids’ products. 2011 marks the second year in a row that the Oregon legislature failed to finalize a bill, which stalled this week when an Oregon House of Representatives committee neglected to move on it by Monday’s deadline.  The bill, which already passed Continue Reading

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May
23

CA votes on BPA ban today

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The California State Assembly will vote today on a bill to protect our most vulnerable residents–babies and toddlers–from Bisphenol-A (BPA), a harmful chemical in their food and drink containers. Assembly Bill 1319, the Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act, would ban the use of BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula, and baby food. The Continue Reading

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May
12

Rolling back toy safety standards is illogical and dangerous

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“Another week, another recall of Chinese-made toys.” It was 2007, the year of relentless toy recalls, that inspired this complaint from Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.  Lead paint, dangerous parts, loose magnets and choking hazards were just a few of the culprits that had stores scrambling to pull toys from shelves as the news covered stories Continue Reading

Posted by Meg Bohne in Children's Products, Product Safety, Uncategorized | No Comments »
May
06

Who says BPA is safe? Better follow the money.

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In Maryland, a bill to ban BPA in infant formula and baby food containers awaits signature on the governor’s desk.    When a group called the Competitive Enterprise Institute ran an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun this week claiming that banning BPA was more dangerous than the chemical itself, we had to step in to set Continue Reading

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May
04

Not ‘if’ but ‘when’: getting BPA out of canned goods

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BPA’s days in food and beverage packaging are numbered, according to an opinion piece over at foodproductiondaily.com which cites two recent events as indicators of the direction the market is headed. The first was a recent move by the Swedish government requiring food manufacturers and packaging companies to submit plans on how they intend to Continue Reading

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Apr
27

BPA Ban in Maine

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Maine has become the latest state to impose a ban on the harmful chemical BPA.  Both the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate voted to approve a prohibition on the sale of certain children’s products that contain BPA, which was developed under Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Act. Governor LePage had until April 22 to veto Continue Reading

Posted by owenme in Bisphenol A (BPA), Children's Products, Food Safety, Product Safety, Toxins | 3 Comments »
Apr
22

CU rebuts industry’s BPA “facts”

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The battle to ban BPA, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food liners and many other products, continues in several states.  Hundreds of studies point to adverse effects of BPA on human health, from lowered sperm counts in factory workers where BPA is used, to increased diabetes rates in people with elevated BPA levels.   Continue Reading

Posted by Meg Bohne in Bisphenol A (BPA), FDA, Toxins | 5 Comments »
Apr
20

A deadly loophole

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The next time you rent a car, it may have a dangerous defect that you know nothing about.  A loophole in existing law allows car rental companies to rent you a vehicle that has been recalled for safety reasons. The rental agency doesn’t have to tell you about the recall, and they don’t have to Continue Reading

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Apr
06

Support for Banning BPA is growing across the Nation

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BPA is making headlines; a study just published in Environmental Health Perspectives suggested that people can reduce their BPA exposure simply by eating fresh food. According to the study, people eating unpackaged fresh food had a 60% decrease in their BPA levels. The study shows that by switching to fresh food, not only would you Continue Reading

Posted by owenme in Bisphenol A (BPA), Children's Products, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Product Safety, Toxins | 2 Comments »
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