Tag: Bisphenol A
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Bisphenol A Now Illegal In American Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups, No Thanks to FDA
It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA.
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More Americans Drinking BPA in Canned Beer, Thanks to Economy and Pabst Drinking Hipsters
Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.
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Can SUBSPORT Help Chemical Companies Move Towards Safer Alternatives?
The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.
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An Aerial View of BPA: Where Are We Since the Rejected Ban?
Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?
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BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry
Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.”
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FDA Punts On Banning Bisphenol A; NRDC is Outraged, But I Think They Got It Right
It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.
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What is Causing Early Puberty In Girls?
New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.
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Campbell's Says It's Heading BPA-Free
Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion
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Link Between BPA and Heart Disease Seen in Urine, New Study Reports
A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.
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New Study Strengthens Link Between Obesity, Diabetes and BPA
BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.
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BPA Identified As Potential "Environmental Obesogen"
Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not
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From Parentables: Bisphenol A Found In Canned Soup Marketed To Kids
A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All
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Would You Prefer Your Receipts To Be Paperless?
Image from For BPA, Exposure Matters; Handling Receipts and Eating Canned Foods Pose Greatest Danger
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China and Malaysia to Ban BPA From Chidren's Products
It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and
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Appleton Responds To Questions About Safety of BPA Free Thermal Paper
I recently quoted from Dominique Browning's article in the New York Times about substitutes for Bisphenol A. Browning suggested that Appleton's BPA free thermal paper was made with a substitute, Bisphenol S, that was not yet
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Susan Freinkel on Our Toxic Plastic Love Affair (Podcast)
It clogs our oceans and tampers with our bodies, yet without it, all modern life would skid to a stop. Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, explores the rise of plastic into ubiquity, hails it for its life-saving wonders, and explores
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Banning BPA Is One Thing, But What About Its Replacements?
Dominique Browning writes an important article in the New York Times about the problem of getting rid of Bisphenol A (BPA) but replacing it with alternatives that may not be any better, or in fact might be worse. For example, TreeHugger has written
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The Real Reason Why Coca-Cola Isn't Ditching Bisphenol A
Ariel Schwartz writes at Fast Company: Why Coca-Cola Isn't Ditching BPA, the chemical that has been linked everything from breast cancer in women to breast growth on men, noting that "the stuff is
