The San Francisco Chronicle is the first to report on NRDC’s petition to the FDA requesting for the ban of the chemical BPA from all food products nationwide …Chris Paine criticizes unsavory aspects of a plan to build a nuclear weapons plant in Kansas in the Kansas City Business Journal… Wired magazine’s Autotopia blog references research by NRDC on the environmental impact of electric vehicles as compared to conventional cars in an article on BMW’s new all-electric Mini Cooper… In a Chi Town Daily News article discussing arguments for disinfecting Chicago River effluent Ann Alexander contends that there is no need to wait for the questionable results of epidemiological studies before moving forward with cleaning the water… Plenty magazine’s Extinction blog credits NRDC for its role in obtaining endangered species protections for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whales…