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Flash forward to last week. Embattled food and chemical industry reps, trying to head off a nationwide ban of the toxic plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in cans, bottles and other food containers, huddle in a back room of Washington's exclusive Cosmos Club.
Naomi Starkman: Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More
Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA).
Mary Liz Thomson: Planet Earth - Your Lymph Nodes Have Cancer
We humans have been in a comfortable denial, enjoying the convenience of throwaway items with no thought to the consequences. Now we face a planet despoiled by toxic plastic.
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Since we smokers are paying for a tax increase so you don't have to, maybe you could lay off the rip. Now people who drink water out of plastic bottles are the real enemy of the state. Stick em.
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First Posted: 06- 2-09 05:59 PM | Updated: 07- 3-09 05:12 AM