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Europe Steps Up to Protect Babies from BPA
Bisphenol-A (BPA) will be banned from baby bottles come June of 2011, announced the European Union's executive commission on Thursday.
CA Lawmakers Fail to Ban BPA From Kids’ Food, Drink
Oakland, Ca – In a victory for the chemical industry and a great loss for the health of California's children, the California State Legislature on Tuesday narrowly failed to pass a bill that would...
New Study Confirms BPA Exposures from Receipts
Sophisticated tests on paper used to print cash register receipts at 10 suburban Boston-area stores found measurable levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A in all but two of them...
EWG Tests Find High BPA Loads on Receipts
WASHINGTON, DC – Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) have found high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) on 40 percent of receipts sampled from...
CA House Votes BPA Ban in Kids' Food Wares
Oakland, Ca – The health of California's children was the watchword today in Sacramento as the State Assembly voted 43-31 to ban the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and...
BPA Ban Now Law in Maryland
Maryland has become the fifth state to ban the use of the plastics chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) in children's products, including baby bottles and sippy cups.
BPA Now in EPA’s Crosshairs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's commitment to protecting people and the environment from harmful chemicals was on display again yesterday as the agency announced...
Maryland Lawmakers Vote to Ban BPA
The Maryland Senate today unanimously voted to ban the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups. The Senate's action, by a vote of 45 to 0, marks the last major hurdle...
FDA Reverses Position, Now Supports Removing BPA from Infant Formula
Today's decision by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its position over the health risks posed by the chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) could be the Waterloo for the ubiquitous...
FDA Must Curb BPA
While other federal public health and environmental agencies have targeted the plastics ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) as a chemical of concern to human health, the Food and Drug Administration has...
Toxic Chemicals Found in Minority Cord Blood
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Rachel's Network have detected bisphenol A (BPA) for the first time in the umbilical cord blood of U.S. newborns.
It’s Déjà vu all over again with FDA’s review of BPA
This week, Mitchell Cheeseman, the point person for the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) safety review of bisphenol A (BPA), strongly suggested that the agency is not taking the “fresh look” at...
FDA Must Ban BPA in Baby Bottles and Infant Formula
For the first time under the Obama administration's leadership, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is scheduled on Monday, August 17th, to update the public on its new scientific review of...
BPA Restriction a Step Closer with House Vote on Food Safety Bill
Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Food Safety and Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2749) which included a provision by Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) that would require the...
Regulatory Inaction Underscores Need for BPA Ban Law
A California science advisory panel today failed to declare exposure to the plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) toxic to the developing fetus and child, despite mounting scientific evidence of health...
House Committee Sets Deadline for BPA Decision
In a rare move, the House Energy and Commerce Committee directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize its safety determination over the controversial toxic plastics additive, bisphenol A...
Cloud Over BPA Grows As Top Hormone Researchers Warn Of Health Threat
The country's top endocrine scientists have declared the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) and other environmental pollutants shown to disrupt the endocrine system to be a “significant concern...
EWG Calls on Coca-Cola to Protect Customers from BPA
Environmental Working Group (EWG) today called on The Coca-Cola Company's chairman and chief executive officer Muhtar Kent to take immediate steps to reduce children's exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a...
Coca-Cola and Del Monte Caught in Plot to Deceive Moms and Minorities Over Dangers of BPA
Environmental Working Group (EWG) called on its growing list of supporters to demand both Coca-Cola and Del Monte stop the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in the food and beverage containers of each company...
California Senate Votes to Ban Bisphenol A in Baby Food and Beverage Products
Today the California state Senate passed the Toxics-Free Babies and Toddlers Act (SB 797), which would ban bisphenol A, or BPA, from food and drink containers designed for children ages three and...