Bisphenol A is used to make food and beverage containers that range from baby bottles to cans of tomato sauce. Growing scientific evidence shows that BPA, as it's called, is hazardous to our health. The hormone-disrupting chemical routinely contaminates what we eat -- and has been linked to cancer, infertility and obesity, among other problems. It's especially risky to infants and children. NRDC experts have called on the government to ban this unsafe chemical from food packaging.
Posted December 19, 2011 by Mark Izeman in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
You think buying gifts for one night is difficult? Try finding 8 gifts for each of the 8 nights of Hanukkah. If you have two children, like I do, that’s 16, plus all of the other family gifts...continued→
Posted December 8, 2011 by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
Yesterday, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report on breast cancer and the environment. The report (downloadable for free) was commissioned by the Susan G. Komen foundation and was written by a committee of experts who spent over a...continued→
Posted December 7, 2011 by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally committed to a decision by March 31, 2012 on whether to ban BPA from use in packaging for food and drinks. This was announced today as part of a settlement agreement...continued→
Posted October 12, 2011 by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
Yesterday I posted a blog about an industry group who declares all baby bottles and sippy cups in the U.S. are now BPA-free. They have filed a formal request at FDA asking them to ban the use of BPA in...continued→
Posted October 11, 2011 by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
UPDATE: The FDA announced that it plans to grant the chemical industry’s request to ban BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups in the U.S. Sarah responds. Like most parents, I have invested a lot of time and money in buying...continued→
Posted October 4, 2011 by Sarah Janssen in Health and the Environment
This afternoon Governor Brown signed the "Toxin Free Infants and Toddler Act" a bill that will ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups sold in California. The bill, AB 1319, was authored by Assemblywoman Betsy...continued→
Posted July 20, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Make your voice heard in the halls of Congress! Join fellow citizens from across the country calling for greater protection from toxic chemicals! Call 1-877-573-7693. Today is the day! Many people lament the hold industry lobbyists have on Congress, and...continued→
Posted July 14, 2011 by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
On Tuesday, my colleague, Dr. Sarah Janssen, attended a hearing of a California scientific panel that identifies reproductive toxicants. The panel unanimously rejected a chemical industry petition that would have eliminated the National Toxicology Program as an authoritative agency for...continued→
Posted July 13, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Tomorrow morning, the House Science Committee’s Investigation and Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on EPA’s premier program for assessing the dangers of chemicals. It is called the IRIS program, (which stands for Integrated Risk Information System). The IRIS program...continued→
Posted June 25, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Every week or two’s worth of news in the area of toxics is its own microcosm of both what is wrong with our national system for regulating chemicals, and how pressure to fix it continues to build. Earlier this week,...continued→
