Baby Bottles

California Battles to Ban BPA from Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups and Infant Formula

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

You may not be familiar with the chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, but there is an excellent chance that BPA is very familiar with you.

California Takes On Plastic Bottles Made With BPA

Grist.org | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green


It's the stuff of a good Hollywood movie-a potentially toxic chemical lurking in the bodies of most unwitting Americans; a decade of mounting but scut...

More Evidence That BPA is Toxic and Industry Tactics Exposed

Sarah Janssen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Living


Sarah Janssen

New research suggests that BPA may interfere with metabolism and lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes in humans.

What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Going through the insult of chemotherapy is bad enough. But discovering that it could be undermined by a hazard the FDA refuses to regulate makes it worse.

Why Canadian Babies are Safer from Toxins: The Case for Banning BPA

Susan Kane | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living


Susan Kane

We get that more research needs to be done to truly understand the effects of this chemical on our bodies, but that doesn't mean the public should remain the guinea pigs.

Warning: This Agency's Recommendations May be Hazardous to Your Health -- The First in a Three-Part Series

Deirdre Imus | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green


Deirdre Imus

There was a time when the FDA was considered the gold standard throughout the world in maintaining drug and food safety. Today, however, the agency's image is tarnished almost beyond repair.

BPA: It's Not Taxpayers' Dollars That Are at Stake, But Taxpayers' Lives

Paul Raeburn | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Paul Raeburn

The first major epidemiological study to assess the risks of bisphenol A -- a chemical found in baby bottles, canned foods, and in 90 percent of Ameri...

FDA Makes No Attempt to Hide Industry Ties in Its Review of Baby-Bottle Safety

Paul Raeburn | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Paul Raeburn

If the FDA was going to rely almost entirely on industry-sponsored studies to come to its conclusions about plastics, why didn't it try to hide that?