According to the “Associated Press,” Wisconsin has become the third state, after Minnesota and Connecticut, to pass a ban on bisphenol A (BPA), an industrial chemical widely used to harden plastic food and beverage containers. More than 90 percent of Americans have traces of the chemical in their bodies, as the chemical leaches out of […]
According to “Reuters,” the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has launched 11 new animal studies to investigate the possible effects of bisphenol A (BPA), NIEHS director Linda Birnbaum told Congress. NIEHS is reportedly spending $20 million to study the substance, widely used in food containers.
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“CanWest News Service” reports Canada’s decision to become the first country to ban baby bottles with bisphenol A (BPA) was in flux in the days leading up to the unprecedented announcement — and was secured after the intervention of senior Conservative political officials, internal government records show. Tony Clement, health minister at the time, […]
The “Belmont Citizen-Herald” reports U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., the author of a bill to establish a federal ban on the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in all food and beverage containers, issued the following statement today at a hearing entitled “Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water: Risks to Human Health and the Environment.” […]
The “Baltimore Sun” reports the Maryland Senate passed the bisphenol A (BPA) bill 46-0, after the House passed an identical bill last week. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley hasn’t reviewed the legislation, but a spokesman said he doesn’t believe the governor would have objections. If the bill is signed, Maryland would become the fourth state to […]
“Annapolis WJZ TV” reports Maryland is considering a ban on bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to manufacture some baby bottles and sippy cups and its effect on infants and children. Ata hearing on the ban, Sen. Brian Frosh, (D) Montgomery Co. said, “There are many studies that show BPA, which mimics estrogen, a […]
“The Associated Press” reports a bill to ban a chemical used in rigid plastic baby bottles and “sippy cups” failed last week on a tie vote in the Oregon Senate. Advocates of the bill wanted to ban products used by children younger than 3 years old that contain bisphenol A (BPA), claiming the federal government […]
“Environmental Health News” reports a new study finds exposure to very low concentrations of the plastic monomer bisphenol A (BPA) causes cellular damage and death in cultured human placenta cells. The doses used for this study are similar to blood levels found in pregnant women. Effects were most pronounced at the lowest – rather […]
Twenty-four scientists have just published a letter in “Toxicological Sciences” describing a fatal flaw in work done in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lab purporting to show that the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is safe. The study of interest was published in autumn 2009 (Ryan et al 2009). For example, the positive control dose is […]
“USA Today” reports as more large manufacturers of baby bottles are opting for varieties free of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), consumers and celebrities, such as actor Matthew McConaughey, are following suit. A dozen states are considering restrictions this year on BPA, an estrogen-like chemical used to harden plastics in products such as bottles and […]