Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) is working hard to add an amendment to the Food Safety Bill that would ban BPA in food containers. We oppose the Food Safety Bill but welcome Senator Feinstein’s proposed amendment.
Tag: Environmental Health Risks
Chemical Cosmetics Linked To Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
Danger lurks in moisturizers, soaps, shampoos.
Poison: How Little is Too Much?
For 500 years, scientists have thought that we can tolerate a tiny bit of almost any type of poison. True?
Got Chemicals?
Your doctor inquires about your health history and that of your family, but are you asked which chemicals you apply to your body every day?
Defining “Natural” Cleansers
The Natural Products Association now sets standards for home-care products.
FDA ‘Powerless’ Re: BPA?
Despite beginning a process to retract their previous assertion that BPA (bisphenol A) is safe, the FDA claims to be “powerless to regulate BPA.” Give us a break!
Warning! Heavy metals!
Lead is associated with high blood pressure and mercury with cardiovascular disease. Cadmium, which often is present in astounding amounts in children’s jewelry, is now linked to learning disabilities.
California Decides Not to List BPA as a Toxic Chemical
The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a legal petition with the California Environmental Protection Agency asking for another review of Bisphenol-A (BPA).
Chemicals and Hormones Are a Bad Mix
According to Deborah Swackhamer, an environmental health professor at the University of Minnesota, “Hormones at very small doses regulate just about everything, and if you’ve got chemicals that can mimic that, they can mess with growth, behavior, and development.” Just last month, Minnesota banned the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles and sippy cups.… Continue reading Chemicals and Hormones Are a Bad Mix
Strong New Evidence of BPA’s Danger, Yet AAHF’s Petition to the FDA Remains Unanswered
A report presented recently at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, an overwhelmingly conservative medical association, detailed the strong new evidence that Bisphenol A (BPA) interferes with the hormone system, either mimicking hormones or occupying their receptor sites, and this can cause serious health problems. According to Robert Carey, MD, president of the Endocrine… Continue reading Strong New Evidence of BPA’s Danger, Yet AAHF’s Petition to the FDA Remains Unanswered