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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

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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

A quick listen on endocrine disruptors and the need for chemical policy reform.

September 9, 2009

Posted by Sarah Janssen in Living Sustainably

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bisphenol-a, BPA, chemicalpolicy, endocrinedisruptors, KSCA, triclosan

Living on Earth aired an excellent interview with Dr. Tracey Woodruff on the regulation of endocrine disruptors last week. As an EPA alum and director of UC-San Francisco's Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Dr. Woodruff knows a thing or...continued

The Bisphenol A Roller Coaster Takes Another Dive

July 15, 2009

Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment

Tags:
babies, babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, chemicalpolicy, children, infantformula, kids, KSCA, pregnancy, reproduction, simplesteps, sippycups

What does "known to cause" mean to you? Does it mean "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Or "clear and convincing"? To a scientist like me, this type of legal-speak is baffling, yet we were hearing a lot of it from the...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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