Chemical safety bill too flawed to support (San Francisco Chronicle, 7/5/2013)
San Francisco Chronicle editorial echoes Breast Cancer Fund’s stance on the Chemical Safety Improvement Act.
Prop 65
Calif. governor proposes reforms to landmark toxics law (Environment & Energy Publishing, 5/8/13)
Reaction to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed changes to Prop. 65, the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.
American Chemistry Council blocks state scientists from doing their jobs
Just as BPA disrupts our hormones, Big Chem is doing everything it can to disrupt the democratic process, using its money, power and influence to block government action that would protect pregnant women and children. On Friday, shortly after California’s Environmental Protection Agency had announced its decision to add BPA to its list of Prop … Read more…
Will Your Canned Soup Carry a Warning Label? (Rodale, 4/12/2013)
“The Prop 65 listing is yet another indictment of this toxic chemical that industry continues to argue is safe, despite waves of peer-reviewed scientific studies finding that BPA harms reproduction and is linked to breast cancer.”
California says BPA is toxic, France warns pregnant women
Two strikes against BPA this week: California’s Prop 65 and French report advising pregnant women to avoid exposure to the chemical.
California signals intent to add BPA to state’s toxics list
California’s Environmental Protection Agency today made a critical move in adding bisphenol A to the state’s Prop. 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects.
Is BPA as harmless as California claims?
The answer, of course, is no, according to just about everyone except the chemical industry and the metal packaging industry.