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Aren’t green beans supposed to be good for you? New study of BPA in canned food says maybe not…

November 4, 2009

Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment

Tags:
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

New report: US regulatory agencies have been underestimating the risk of harm from chemicals like phthalates

December 18, 2008

Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment

Tags:
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

FDA on BPA: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Eat No Evil?

September 15, 2008

Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment

Tags:
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

Sarah Janssen
Sarah Janssen
Staff Scientist
San Francisco
I grew up in the rolling hills of rural northern Illinois – in a small...
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