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November 4, 2009
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
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- babies, babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, chemicalpolicy, endocrinedisruptors, EPA, FDA, food, simplesteps
Yesterday, Consumer Reports released a study of the levels of bisphenol a (BPA) in food products. They found that nearly all of the 19 canned food products they tested contained levels of BPA which have been associated with harm in...continued→
December 18, 2008
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
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- cosmetics, CPSC, EPA, FDA, food, phthalates, pregnancy, reproduction, simplesteps, toys
Today an expert group of scientists issued a strongly worded report that verifies what most of us already knew - we live in a toxic soup of chemicals that we accumulate by breathing contaminated air, eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated...continued→
September 15, 2008
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
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- babies, babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, EPA, EPAcredibilitygap, estrogen, health, hormonedisrupters, infantformula, nationaltoxicologyprogram, NTP, simplesteps, sippycups
I'm a new mom. And I'm also a physician and a scientist who studies hormone disruptors, chemicals that mimic hormones and interfere with the function of other hormones in our bodies, like estrogen. As a new mom I worry about...continued→