Chemical Fallout: A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report
Warning: Chemicals in the packaging, surfaces or contents of many products may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma and autism. A decade ago, the government promised to test these chemicals. It still hasn't.
Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an analysis by the Journal Sentinel has found. »Read Full Article
- How The Story Was Reported: Putting the products to the test
- PDF: How to avoid bisphenol A
- BPA results
- Responses: E-mails from companies whose products were tested
- Statement: American Chemistry Council
- Video: Meg Kissinger talks about her reporting on JSOnAir
Congress ordered the federal government in 1996 to begin testing and regulating certain chemicals suspected of causing cancer and a host of developmental problems. Eleven years later, not a single compound has been put to that test. »Read Full Article
- Audio slideshow: A chemical home audit
- Graphic: Room by room chemicals abound (pdf)
The federal government's assurances that a common chemical is safe are based on outdated U.S. government studies and research heavily funded by the chemical industry. »Read Full Article
A flame retardant that was taken out of children's pajamas more than 30 years ago after it was found to cause cancer is being used with increasing regularity in furniture, paint - even baby carriers and bassinets - and manufacturers are under no obligation to let the public know about it. »Read Full Article
A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be "perfectly safe" gave $5 million to the research center of Martin Philbert, chairman of the Food and Drug Administration panel about to make a pivotal ruling on the chemical's safety. »Read Full Article
A government report claiming that bisphenol A is safe was written largely by the plastics industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical, the Journal Sentinel found. »Read Full Article
Chemical Fallout | Watchdog Update
Bisphenol A opponents, Obama team to meet
A coalition of health advocates, looking to seize the momentum of a new administration, will meet with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team next week in Washington, D.C., to push for a ban on bisphenol A.
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- Lawmakers to seek ban on BPA
- BPA substitutes sought as pressure mounts
- FDA scientists to reconsider overlooked BPA studies
- Scientific panel criticizes FDA report that labels bisphenol A safe
- Scientists note flaws in bisphenol A study; lawmaker wants ban
- Canada to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles
- FDA looks into bisphenol A advocate’s donation to science center
- New study links heart disease to bisphenol A
- Testimony on bisphenol A stirs debate
- Group’s tests of bisphenol A conflict with FDA’s findings that it’s harmless
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