Maine Gov. Paul LePage On BPA: 'Worst Case Is Some Women May Have Little Beards'

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage's comment that the only bad thing about a chemical additive is that it might give women "little beards" has drawn a strong reaction from a health activist group.

LePage last week said he's not seen enough science to support a ban on bisphenol-A. A 2008 law to keep it out of consumer products is likely to be debated again.

LePage is quoted in the Bangor Daily News as saying that all he's heard is that "if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards."

Mike Belliveau of the Environmental Health Strategy Center said the comment "displays shocking ignorance for the science and a callous disregard for children's health."

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com

Comments

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

11:49 AM on 03/24/2011

How do all these politicians get so grossly overweight?

[AnswerToJob]

12:57 PM on 03/24/2011

THIS one needs to be put on a strict diet of BPA.

[MissWrite]

10:01 PM on 03/23/2011

If you're going to make all women the butt of a joke, it is helpful to understand the difference between estrogen and testosterone first.

[Patrick McGovern]

02:52 PM on 03/23/2011

You have to first understand science before you can interpret it. This is what happens when you don't vote. The simple minded sheep will turn out to vote and this is who they picked. Our government is a participation sport get in the game.

[Koeiseun]

07:51 PM on 02/27/2011

LMAO!

[SaddamIt]

12:33 PM on 02/27/2011

Maine Gov. Paul LePage simply does not get half the press he should. He makes his point to the "T"...

[ChicagoBob]

11:07 PM on 02/26/2011

First of all, "You get what you vote for."

Second, should we not wait until the science says it's safe rather than start using something and then wait to see if the science says it's not safe?

[Rich MacD]

08:57 AM on 03/07/2011

Only 39% of Maine voters chose LePage. The overwhelming majority were devided between a Democratic candidate and an Independent candidate, both of whom had very similar political backgrounds and positions. Mainers did not, and do not, want LePage.

[Kringle]

10:28 PM on 02/26/2011

In case after case, they're not representing the economic interests of the consumers, but rather the wealthy, filthy, corrupting industries.

I'm tired of reading this sort of crappy news.

We need to do more than choose between the "lesser of two evils" in whatever election process comes next...we need to get untiringly ACTIVE and VOCAL...

[More tea Vicar]

09:09 PM on 02/26/2011

Now that he has revealed his gross ignorance he will be voted out of office at the next election, right?

[gray375]

03:07 PM on 02/26/2011

America, we got what we paid for!

[MsOrchid]

08:22 PM on 02/28/2011

Actually, we got what BIG CORPORATIONS/BIG BUSINESS paid for. :-(

[Mike Belliveau]

01:54 PM on 02/26/2011

Never mind his hormone confusion or the Governor's insulting joke. The real story is that he's decided to advance the chemical industry attack on children's health by attempting to rollback Maine's progressive chemical policy, the Kid Safe Products Act, and to repeal the rule adopted in December to phase-out BPA in reusable food & beverage containers such as sippy cups. To see the real science on BPA check out: http://www.preventharm.org/Content/332.php. Help us in Maine to stop Gov. LePage and the chemical industry at www.preventharm.org. Thanks!

[MaggieNYS]

10:55 AM on 02/26/2011

This is what these teabagger politicians think of women.

[Socialk]

09:42 AM on 02/26/2011

Or worse, a deformed sense of humor like Lepage.

[conservicide]

02:28 AM on 02/26/2011

Lepage looks like a ripe zit.

[Will Wurth]

10:45 PM on 02/25/2011

White men are a dying breed- and you ask why?, Well here's proof!

[okakura]

07:52 PM on 02/25/2011

And Governor LePage's corporate contributors include...?