Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
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→
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Living Sustainably
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→
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
With the holiday season upon us, I have been asked by well meaning friends and family members what they can get my daughter for a Christmas gift. Any ideas I can give them are accompanied by a long list of...continued→
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
This has been a big week in the saga around bisphenol A (BPA) - a chemical in food packaging that poses a considerable health risk, especially to infants and children. Our health team has been working on this for years, and we are hopeful that...continued→
Posted by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
An external subcommittee of scientists just administered a dose of bitter medicine to the FDA. The subcommittee reviewed a deeply flawed FDA report on the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) and concluded that the Agency bungled the science, failing to protect people from this chemical....continued→
