Here’s a roundup of our favorite stories from the past week:
1) CA cities required to use a carbon calculator for state funds? Plus check your own footprint.
2) The latest on the hormone disrupter found in everything from canned food to ATM receipts– BPA– and the hope (legislation) on the horizon…
3) Po River [...]
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Anyone strolling around a “gear” store (read: expensive clothing and equipment for outdoor activites… I admit I am an addict) will see an assortment of water bottles available for their nature excursions. “BPA Free!” read the plastic options. And in response to the growing number of consumers wishing avoid plastic altogether, popular metal brands like [...]
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The FDA’s new report on the safety of endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A is months overdue and there is still no sign of when or if the agency will release the report. Perhaps they are waiting for that piece of “smoking gun” evidence that BPA represents a clear and present danger to human health? Well, thanks [...]
Top Ten Reasons
Your School
Should Go PVC-Free
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC or vinyl) plastic poses serious environmental
and health threats at all stages of its lifecycle: from manufacturing to
use to disposal. Here are the top ten reasons schools should go
PVC-free and build or renovate with PVC-free building materials.
1. Children More At Risk from Toxic Chemicals
Children are not “little adults” [...]
Recent research on Bisphenol-A (BPA) has linked this chemical to breast and prostate cancer, reproductive system abnormalities and a host of developmental problems in early childhood. Yet this toxic chemical can be found in a growing number of containers and products — including baby bottles and teething rings!
It’s time that we stop exposing our children [...]
Chemicals of High Concern are a select group of chemicals that are the highest priority for companies and government to eliminate from usage. To hasten this transition CPA and Healthy Building Network have developed this Red List of chemicals of high concern. Although the Red List is based on authoritative government lists, it is important [...]
In addition to the potential health risks, there are many more reasons to reduce your use of plastic food containers, dishes and cutlery. Plastics consume resources that are largely nonrenewable (crude oil and natural gas), their use contributes to needless waste, and their production and degradation create pollution. Here are a few BPA safety tips [...]
Plastics: What’s Dangerous, What’s Not
By Linda B. White, M.D.
You’ve been out — working, exercising, shopping. You open the car door and slip into the ovenlike interior. Throat dry, you reach for the water bottle that’s been sitting in the cup holder all day. It’s warm. But at least it’s water, right? Water, yes, albeit water potentially spiked [...]
Here’s a good reason why food manufacturers don’t want to test for harmful chemicals. If you test, you might find something you don’t want to.
Consumer Reports did just that It tested a bunch of canned juices, soups, tuna, and green beans and found bisphenol A (BPA) in almost all of them — even the ones [...]
