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Calling a Toxin a Toxin: BPA Gets the Name It Deserves

April 17, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, breastcancer, endocrinedisruptors, estrogen, healthcanada, nationaltoxicologyprogram, plasticbottles, simplesteps, syntheticestrogen

It’s been a bad week for bisphenol-A, and that’s a good thing. Not one but two government agencies came out for the first time publicly saying that this chemical--found in plastic water bottles, canned food, and numerous baby products--could harm...continued