Posted on May 29 2010 by Daniella Dimitrova Russo
The use of Bisphenol A is controversial not only in the US, but also in Europe. Governments in Europe are starting to take decisive steps to protect their citizens. This past March, the government of Denmark voted to outlaw the chemical in products for children age 0-3. France‘s National Assembly approved a ban on manufacturing, importing, exporting and selling baby bottles made of BPA-based...
Posted on Feb 07 2010 by Daniella Dimitrova Russo
As we reported in December, Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-partisan research organization, made public a study of unbilical cord blood of American babies. The test found nearly 300 chemicals, including many present in plastic objects such as Bisphenol A (BPA), flame retardants, lead, and PCBs.
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Posted on Jan 17 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
pink washing: the deceptive marketing practice of promoting association with a cancer charity (often using pink ribbon symbol) in order to suggest a company’s commitment to battling cancer, when according to independent scientific testing, a marketed product has potential to cause cancer.
Pink Washing Sparkletts’ BPA Plastic Bottles
Sparkletts’ water delivery trucks, previously...
Posted on Dec 28 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
A recent news release by Environmental Working Group highlights a study of infant cord blood commissioned by Rachel’s Network and Environmental Working Group. This is the first study to detect Bisphenol A (BPA) in umbilical cord blood. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical present in plastics and a powerful endocrine disruptor.
As we reported in October, a separate study (download full report...
Posted on Dec 11 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
Remember when bottle caps were not bad for the environment, and kids collected them, and played with them?
Those were the days when you wouldn’t find bottlecaps in the stomach of baby albatross chicks. Or polluting the beaches of the world.
In those days, children were not born already poisoned by Bisphenol A.
Those were the days. It was not that long ago… Do you remember? Have we...
Posted on Oct 31 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
An article in Sierra Club Green Home highlights a recent study by the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill linking behavioral problems in children from women that were exposed to plastics containing bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy.
The study, published Oct. 6, (download full report PDF) suggests that if a woman is exposed to plastics that leach BPA during her pregnancy, the baby’s nervous...
