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Bisphenol A Found in Baby Food in Glass Jars
OK, So you have given up on canned baby food and switched to glass to avoid the endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA), right? Well, maybe not. Health Canada (which last year banned BPA in baby bottles) tested baby food bottled in glass and
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Slow Death by Rubber Duck (Book Review)
I am a big fan of Rick Smith, and the work he has done at Environmental Defence. He has been a leader of the campaign to get Bisphenol A, phtalates and brominated flame retardants out of our bodies. He and Bruce Lourie have done great stuff.
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Synthetic Estrogen Contaminating Popular Plastic Packaging: Study
Not only is plastic the ubiquitous bane of modern consumerist lifestyles, it's also increasingly seen as a potential health hazard. Fact: we now know that hard plastic polycarbonate
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Survey: Have You Dumped Your Bisphenol A (BPA) Bottles?
John recently informed us that Six US Baby Bottle Manfacturers Walk Away From Bisphenol-A (Polycarbonate) Designs. Walmart and others have pulled them from the shelves. Others suggest that this is all an over-reaction. What have you done?
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Drink Soda Pop? You're Drinking Bisphenol A (BPA)
We have noted before that bisphenol A (BPA) is a key component of the epoxy liner in canned food and drink, so it should really be no surprise that new tests at Health Canada found it in pop cans. The chemical is thought to be an endocrine
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No More Shiny, Silky Hair in Canada: Shampoo Ingredients Declared Toxic
Warren Beatty would never make it in Canada today; you just won't be able to get that silky, smooth feeling now that the Canadian government is taking action against D4 and D5, chemicals that have been linked
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Fast Company on the Real Story Behind Bisphenol A
David Case writes a remarkable article in Fast Company on the politics of Bisphenol A (BPA), subtitled:
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Why Is There Still a Frog Disruptor In My Toothpaste?
For well over two years we have been wondering why they still allow chemicals like triclosan in products like soap, creams and even toothpaste. We know people are crazed about using antibacterial products, even though they do more harm than good. They
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The Disappearing Male
Dr. Herbert Needleman in The Disappearing Male, an extraordinary documentary shown on the Canada's CBC network. It
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FDA Throwing BPA Panel Under the Bus
On Friday The FDA Science Board, a group of outside experts, backed up critics who found major flaws in the agency's decision to declare BPA safe for babies. According to USA Today: The science board agreed with the finding that that the FDA was wrong
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BPA Update: How Science Works at the FDA
When it comes to covering the Bisphenol A beat, Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel deserve a lot of credit and maybe even a Pulitzer for their wall-to-wall
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BPA Update: Canada Declares it Toxic, FDA Chair's Donor was Michigan's "First Polluter"
Health Canada has added Bisphenol A to the country's list of toxic substances, concluding that babies are getting too much of the gender-bender. It is stopping the sale of polycarbonate baby bottles and wants formula makers to switch to BPA-free
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FDA Chair Studying BPA Took $5 Million Donation From BPA Supporter
1) Martin Philbert is Chair of the committee looking at the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA.) 2) Philbert is founder and co-director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center. 3) Philbert's Center receives $5 million (50 times its annual
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More Bad News About Bisphenol A: It Interferes with Chemotherapy Treatments
We know, the Food and Drug Administration says Bisphenol A (BPA) is safe and the Government's role is to protect its citizens, not the chemical industry. Nevertheless, yet another study has just come out that shows the stuff lining
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FDA Re BPA: " La La La La I Can't Hear You"
The Food and Drug Administration held a scientific hearing to discuss its position on Bisphenol A yesterday, and what they said was, frankly, confusing. AP reports that the FDA continues to defend its position- with caveats.
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Yet Another Bisphenol A Pile-on: Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes and Liver Problems
Now let's see, studies have shown that it grows breasts on men while it reduces their sperm counts, causes women to get early puberty and possibly breast cancer, and worse than that, it can even make you fat. and possibly
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New Study: BPA May Make You Stupid and Depressed
Coincidentally with the release of the National Toxicology Program report, a new study reports that researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and Guelph University exposed African Green monkeys on the Island of St. Kitts
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Final Report on Bisphenol A: It May Harm Kids
The chemical industry and skeptics jumped for joy and accused us of being scare-mongers a few weeks ago when the FDA said that BPA (Bisphenol A) was safe for babies, but now the final report from the Department of Health and Human Services' National
