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Hearing to Ban Bisphenol A (BPA) from Cash Register Receipts in CT

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As I was telling the cashier at the supermarket that I didn’t want the register receipt, I thought about the public hearing that is going to be held this Wednesday, February 22, 2011 in Hartford, CT to ban Bisphenol A, an endocrine disruptor,  from cash register receipts. According to Associated Press; Connecticut lawmakers are being asked to ban a chemical that some scientists consider to be dangerous, from being used [...]

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{Eco Tips} 5 Easy Ways To Be Greener Today

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If you think about being ‘green’ in a big monstrous scale, you’ll be overwhelmed. So I want to break them down into manageable chunks. You may already do many of these already, which means, you can see where you need to improve on and where you can feel good about yourself for being one step ahead. Avoid BPA. This might sound easy, but it’s not. This means, you shouldn’t take [...]

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U.S. Resists BPA Ban but Europe Bans BPA in Baby Bottles

The Food Safety Bill could be decided on by the Senate as early as tonight. And what you might not see on the bill is BPA ban on baby products. Meanwhile, the news out of Brussels this morning is that Europe is banning any baby bottles containing the chemical Bispheno-A as early as starting March, 2011. Yup. We are behind Europe when it comes to food safety, again. According to [...]

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EPA will rule on BPA this fall.

The latest news from EPA about BPA is……it will rule on it this Fall. I know what you are going to say. “Yeah yeah…that’s what they said the last time.” I’m inclined to agree with you in thinking that it’s just another lip service but then the report that just came out yesterday said that “EPA intends to consider initiating immediate actions addressing BPA in the environment based on concerns [...]

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Truth about BPA in cosmetics on Eco Diva

I wrote a tell-all article on “BPA and cosmetics” on my diva friend, Eco Diva‘s blog. Check out the article and let me know what you think. And  YES. BPA is in cosmetics and their containers too! Truth about BPA in cosmetics

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BPA in toilet paper and pizza boxes?

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Those of you who follow me on Twitter and in blogsphere, know I’ve been trying to get rid of a case of crushed tomatoes. We had this case since before the news broke about BPA tainted canned goods. OK, so we had them for awhile. It was actually part of our emergency stash. But now, we can’t use them because of BPA in the lining. Tomatoes in cans are especially [...]

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BPA in Sigg Water Bottles

Yep. You read it correctly. Just when you thought you were doing the right thing by buying reusable aluminum bottles to avoid BPA in plastic bottles, now the story hits the news about Sigg bottles having liners with trace amounts of BPA. What now? Well, according to the letter from the CEO of Sigg, Steve Wasik, these old aluminum Sigg bottles that were manufactured before 2008 were lined with epoxy [...]

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The Endocrine Society’s report on BPA

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I know most of you heard that Bisphenol A (BPA) is harmful and that hard plastic water bottles, that made Nalgene famous, contained BPA. Since the revelation, Nalgene and other ‘like’ manufacturers voluntarily pulled all their BPA containing plastic bottles off of the shelves and replaced them with “BPA-Free” water bottles. Wal-Mart also volunteered to take all the BPA containing products from shelves as well as Toys-R-Us. There is so [...]

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