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

Susan Kane | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

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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.

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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

Read More: Plastics, Baby Bottles, Environmental Health, Fda, Bisphenol A, Health, Children's Environmental Health, Endocrine Disruptor, Bpa, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Children's Health, Vaccines, Toxins, Green News
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.

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

Paul Raeburn | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Cans, American Plastics Council, Bush Administration, Bisphenol A, Fda, Baby Bottles, Deregulation, Bpa, Bear Stearns, Taxpayers, Politics News
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...

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Green Business and "Compliance"...The Government is the Least of Your Worries...

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Bank of America, Target, Regulations, Wal-Mart, Environment, Bpa, Green Business, Toys "R" Us, Diesel Vehicles, Lead in Toys, Home Depot, Phthalates, Sears, Compliance, Green News
Andrew Winston

Most execs certainly see the need to do more than what the government is asking. And many forces are coming to bear on companies, making green a profitable (not optional) path.

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FDA Again Relies on Industry to Judge Safety of Plastic Contaminant BPA

Paul Raeburn | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Plastic, Bpa, Plastics Industry, Bisphenol A, Fda, Green News
Paul Raeburn

The Bush administration has lost any shame, in its lame-duck days, about relying on industry to demonstrate the safety of potential environmental toxins.

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

Paul Raeburn | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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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?

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