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California Senate approves ban on BPA in plastics
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The Los Angeles Times
June 3, 2009
Despite a fierce lobbying effort by the U.S. chemical industry, the state Senate narrowly approved a proposal Tuesday that would ban the use of a substance in baby bottles, toddler sippy cups and food containers that independent scientists say is a threat to childhood development.
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Industry leaders have focused on California for a lobbying and public relations campaign they hope will turn back efforts by health and consumer groups to outlaw use of the chemical, a component in many types of plastic and plastic-lined containers.
Researchers from the chemical industry say the public health threat has been vastly overblown, and manufacturers of BPA argue that it has passed muster with nearly a dozen regulatory agencies in Europe and the United States.
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June 3rd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Finally… you think we can get clean water next? Nah, that would be too much to ask.
Anon420 Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Ya, cannot even wait until we are of age to start killing us!
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Way to step up cali.Now get rid of the Governor.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Government doing something good for the people? When this passes why not get rid of BPA in all plastics!!!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
A PR campaign to convince people that poison is good for them? How exactly does that go? It always astounds me when people try to make cases in support of outright evil or other sickening behaviors and practices. And it astounds me more that people actually fall for their arguments. I have friends who have fallen fully for the fluoride is good for you bullshit. Certainly, the Jedi mind tricks of these evil entities are quite powerful, almost impressive if it weren’t so freaking annoying.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I’m sad to say, although I try to be positive, that this will go nowhere and get no coverage nationally
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Look for BPA in your “enamel”-lined cans. Even Whole Foods sells these. Think you’re doing well for your family buying organic products like Muir Glen organic tomatoe sauce. Look inside these cans and you will see the tell-tale white lining. What was wrong with the “old-school” cans that didn’t have plastic liners? What happens when an acidic medium like tomatoes comes in contact with these liners? Not to worry, if you contact store or manufactures they will tell you that the bpa is at acceptable levels. One can will not hurt you but what happens if you use 100s of these cans for your family over the history of your families food consumption?
What happens is that you are feeding your family plastics that mimic estrogen. These estrogen-mimicers have been called xenoestrogens. These xenoestrogens will be stored in the fat cells of your family members and once there they don’t easily come out. So there is an accumulated effect. These xenoestrogens are strongly suspect in the rise of cancer and reproductive problems.
John Henke Reply:
June 4th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It’s turning all of the boys into sissies. This crap is synthetic estrogen.
It seems they’d rather be playing video games than going out camping and hunting, and fighting over girls. Or just fighting just to earn respect from one another. Ah, I do miss my youth.
Maybe it’s all part of the plan? Turning American men into a bunch of pussies who want the government to take care of them? Help me lord Obonga!
There is a book out called, Boys Adrift. It’s good reading. Read it.
joey Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 12:33 am
this will take care of it
http://www.ambayagoldhealth.com
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm
‘luuk haw conzerned govarnment iz abaut ZEIR childrenz!’
Yeawill, Herr Flick!
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Tempered glass could probably be used as a hammer for light jobs, and passed on as an heirloom.
Useful rubber could be made fairly organically.
Laborers could produce and sell these implements at wages, both sustainable and family friendly enough to establish their children.
But, where’s the divisive, moral outrage in that?
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
BPA plastics are still found in water bottles, plastic dinnerware, and lining cans of acidic foods, BTW.
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I have posted to every article since 12 noon 6-2-09 and my posts are being deleted! Loosing Faith in ya Alex…. too little too late
4w578i Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
It’s happened to me, before. I suspect that timing or pejoratives might have something to do with flagging.
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
All this means is that the pharmas cant legally put it in the bottles. So they will put it in anyway coz they have the peado, child molesting judges in their back pockets. Nice idea though
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Can’t you just imagine those thug freaks at the chemical
companies, FDA and eugenics organizations grinding
their teeth and swearing:
“Damn! Now we got to find ANOTHER way to
POISON CHILDREN!”
Yes they’ll probably just rename BPA “goodysweet” or
somesuch BS and mix it in anyway.
Just Me Reply:
June 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
EXACTLY! I knew someone that worked in the “labeling” department for a cosmetics company. Their job was to make sure that their labeling was in compliance for all of the different countries that their products were distributed to. In practice, if there was an ingredient in one of their products that was banned in a certain country, they would find a different name for the ingredient so that it would be in compliance for the country in which it was banned.
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Reminds me a bit of the Apprentice parody My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss where those ambitious fellas had to do outrageous tasks for the immoral billionaire Todd and one of those was making a fun commercial for a class full of kids pitching Hydrogen cyanide. The show was outrageous and fun, but similar dubious things seem to happen in real life, too…
June 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
SEROUSLY 18 POSTS? I posted atleast 5-6 times… Gimme A friggin break! Censorship, on a site that claims free speech!
June 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Can you provide more information on this?