A friend of mine recently sent me the link to this article. It’s lengthy and covers a multitude of topics (BPA, phthalates, PBDEs, body burden, the ineffective Toxic Substances Control Act, etc.) I often discuss on this blog. My favorite sentence is this one, where the author is refering to the ability of the PBDEs [...]
Filed under: Chemicals on November 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s best to avoid cans when possible, but I know as well as any how hard that is. A lot of our winter recipes (stew, chili, etc.) require canned tomatoes. I haven’t found a way around it, except to jar my own tomatoes each summer, and I just haven’t been able to do that. For [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Food and Nutrition on September 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
The FDA met yesterday to reexamine the safety of BPA in consumer products like canned goods, baby bottles, and sippy cups and concluded, yet again, that BPA is safe. The same day, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found higher BPA concentrations in the urine of 1455 adults to be [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
The saga of BPA continues…
For those of you not up to speed on BPA, here’s a quick recap. In the U.S., 7 billion pounds of BPA are produced annually. Since 2004, we have known that detectable levels of BPA are found in the blood of 93% of Americans over age 6. In April of this [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was a nice video clip on NBC’s Today show last week that discussed some concerns with brominated flame retardant chemicals called PBDEs. These chemicals cover many household products in an attempt to keep you safe from fires, but the chemicals are turning up in our blood and more worrisome, in the blood of our [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children on September 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
California was the first state considering a ban on the chemical Bisphenol-A from baby bottles and sippy cups but the bill was rejected this week. For more on this, see a well writen article on enviroblog.com.
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
In April, the NIH’s National Toxicology Program concluded that there was “some concern” about the effects of BPA on children, babies, and fetuses. I summarized that info here. That report spurned the FDA to re-examine the safety of BPA.
Just this week, the FDA declared that BPA is safe. However, there are some concerns that the [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on August 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine sent me an email about my previous post and I thought it was worthy of sharing here and responding to since her concerns are very valid.
Do you know if there is any focus on what the replacement materials will be? If the phthalates were in the toys for a specific purpose [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Lead, Plastic on August 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
The House voted 424-1 yesterday to ban lead and six phthalates from children’s products. The lead standards would be the toughest in the world, targeting products designed for children 12 and under. The bill would also double the budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission by 2014 and give it new authority to monitor testing [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Lead, Plastic on July 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
This report from Australia is disapointing, as we are trying to use food stored in glass jars instead of cans in our home, but it’s good to know.
Filed under: Chemicals on July 9th, 2008 | No Comments »