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NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A suburban New York county has adopted the nation's first ban on the chemical found in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups.





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Canada to ban BPA baby bottles

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Canada became the first country to declare the widely used chemical bisphenol A unsuitable for use in baby bottles and set a ban mechanism in motion Friday.


Glass baby bottle use rising in California

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Stores in California cities such as San Francisco are having a hard time dealing with a sudden resurgence in the use of baby bottles made of glass.


Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles -- just the tip of the iceberg?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7

In an analysis1 of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result ...


Scientists warn of chemicals in plastic

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (28) | comments 1

U.S. scientists warn the chemicals bisphenol A or BPA -- found in plastic -- could cause serious reproductive disorders.


BPA chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people

BPA chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and ...


Parent sue over bisphenol A in bottles

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created Nov 01, 2007 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A group of California parents has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers and sellers of baby bottles containing bisphenol A.


Consumer advocates find BPA in food packaging

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A across a range of foods, including some labeled "BPA-free."


Hot liquids release potentially harmful chemicals in polycarbonate plastic bottles

Hot liquids release potentially harmful chemicals in polycarbonate plastic bottles

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created Jan 30, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

When it comes to Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure from polycarbonate plastic bottles, it’s not whether the container is new or old but the liquid’s temperature that has the most impact on how much BPA is released, ...


BPA linked to aggressive behavior in young girls, research suggests

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Pre-birth exposure to a chemical widely used in plastics appears to be linked to more aggressive behavior in little girls, according to research published Tuesday by a scientist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel ...


Trashing our beaches, way too much

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everybody knows there's trash on the world's beaches. But just how much?



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