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Slim Fast Recall: Cans Recalled Nationwide Due To Bacteria

AP | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Unilever PLC's U.S. subsidiary says it has recalled all canned Slim Fast drinks because of the possibility of bacterial...

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Cans: A Source Of BPA

Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

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Wendy Gordon

Most people are probably exposed to more BPA from eating canned food or drinking canned soda than from drinking out of a polycarbonate bottle.

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Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

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

Paul Raeburn | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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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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