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News 26 new results for BPA

A Tale of Two Governors: Protecting the Public from Bisphenol A Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Last week, I wrote about the new Governor in Maine, Paul LePage, who gained instant notoriety when he declared the science demonstrating the potential harm of exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic, estrogen-like chemical to be inadequate, and, ... See all stories on this topic »

Critics say BPA drops ball while juggling its power The Register-Guard “It is an option of last resort,” said BPA spokesman Doug Johnson. But Bonneville's idea has drawn criticism, both from renewable energy supporters who want to see more wind power on the grid, and from environmental advocates, who say that if the BPA ... See all stories on this topic »

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. To Raise Prices For Epoxy Resins and BPA in ... Business Wire (press release) COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Effective April 1, 2011, or as contracts allow, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. will increase prices for specialty epoxy resins, base epoxy resins and Bisphenol A (BPA) in the Americas. This increase is driven by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Senate OKs bill banning sale of baby products with BPA DesMoinesRegister.com A ban on the sale in Iowa of children's sippy cups, baby bottles, teething rings and pacifiers containing a chemical called bisphenol A would begin in about two years under a bill the Iowa Senate approved Wednesday. The vote was 48-2. ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. military getting recovery software UPI.com The BPA is open to all Department of Defense components, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the inspector general of the Department of ... See all stories on this topic »

Scared to Death American Enterprise Institute By Jon Entine | Huffington Post The health-scare headline of the week: "Americans found to have twice as much bisphenol A in their bodies as Canadians." BPA, as it is known, is a widely-used chemical found in baby bottles, containers, CDs, ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: Even "BPA-Free" Plastics Leach Endrocrine-Disrupting Chemicals TIME (blog) And some of those chemicals—like bisphenol-A (BPA) and phthalates—may do strange things to the body, mimicking and disrupting hormones in ways that haven't yet been fully understood. While the science over such "endocrine disrupting" chemicals is ... See all stories on this topic »

Products in your pantry could raise your risk for cancers WKYC-TV But leaching from that plastic bottle of water is BPA. "Is that something you pay attention to?" we asked Elizabeth. In fact, a new study found maybe most American's aren't concerned about BPA. We have twice the amount of BPA in our systems as our ... See all stories on this topic »

Bisphenol A in the news OurStolenFuture.org In their prospective study, Sugiura- Ogasawara et al. compared BPA levels in the serum of 45 women with a history of recurrent miscarriage to serum levels in 32 pregnant women with histories of successful pregnancies. They tracked the women through ... See all stories on this topic »

BPA region competition brings home wins Cannon Falls Beacon The Cannon Falls chapter of Business Professionals of America participated in region competition at Century College in White Bear Lake on January 7, and continued its winning tradition bringing home 45 medals in a variety of competitive events. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bisphenol A in the news OurStolenFuture.org They used two doses: 25 nanograms per kilogram body weight and 250 ng/kg, comparing them to control animals that received no BPA. These doses are equivalent to 25 and 250 parts per trillion, or 0.025 and .25 parts per billion. ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: BPA-free plastics leak BPA-like chemicals Mother Nature Network (blog) Thought BPA-free meant worry-free? You (and I) were sadly mistaken. Sure, BPA-free bottles don't contain BPA, or bisphenol A, the chemical compound found in hard plastics and in the linings of food and beverage cans. But a new study has found that ... See all stories on this topic » Mother Nature Network (blog)

Legislature holds work session on regulatory reforms WCSH-TV Some of the more controversial proposals -- reducing protection for vernal pools or rolling back Maine's law banning the chemical BPA from plastic are not being handled by the regulatory committee. Vernal pool issues will be debated by the Natural ... See all stories on this topic »

Plymouth BPA has most successful year yet South Bend Tribune PLYMOUTH — The 2011 Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference was the most successful in Plymouth High School history with a record 12 members advancing to the National Leadership Conference. State champions included Eric Blake for ... See all stories on this topic »

Bisphenol A substitutes 'years away', says metal packaging body FoodQualityNews.com A host of industry-led projects are currently underway to discover bisphenol A (BPA) alternatives for metal packaging – but a viable option is unlikely to reach the market for several years, said a leading US trade body in an exclusive interview with ... See all stories on this topic »

Plastic's New Frontier: No Scary Chemicals NPR by Jon Hamilton Mike Usey, CEO of PlastiPure, says BPA is not the only chemical in plastic that can act like estrogen. Mike Usey, CEO of PlastiPure, says BPA is not the only chemical in plastic that can act like estrogen. ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: Americans have twice as much BPA as Canadians USA Today By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY Americans have twice as much of the estrogen-like chemical BPA in their bodies as do Canadians, but the reasons for the disparity remain a mystery, a new study concludes. "The finding is surprising because we often think of the ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

China may ban BPA in baby bottles, report says MarketWatch By Michael Kitchen LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- China may soon ban the use of the organic chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic baby bottles, according to a Beijing News report Thursday carried in the state-run Xinhua News Agency. ... See all stories on this topic »

Maine Women Sprout A #LittleBeard To Send BPA Message To Governor Paul LePage Forbes (blog) In December 2010, steps were taken to act on BPA (bisphenol A), nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates, the identified “priority chemicals” to be addressed as part of the 2008 Kid-Safe Products Law mandate. Many national foreign health organizations ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes (blog)

Have questions about BPA's safety? Don't ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage Los Angeles Times By Mary Forgione, Tribune Health The feds are spending $30 million to discover the potential health risks of the controversial chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. They could just have asked Maine Gov. Paul LePage. The state's top official told the Bangor ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Metered parking fees to change NorthJersey.com BY JEFF FRANKEL BLOOMFIELD - Metered parking throughout the township will now cost 75 cents per hour, the Bloomfield Parking Authority (BPA) announced today. Metered parking throughout the township will now cost 75 cents per hour, the Bloomfield ... See all stories on this topic »

Environmental group wants to send LePage BPA "reality check" Press Herald (blog) Paul LePage's “little beards” comment on the topic of whether the chemical additive bisphenol A is harmful to people. The Environmental Working Group Action Fund is running an online campaign asking people to sign a petition to send a “reality check” ... See all stories on this topic »

BPA-type chemicals need safeguards: scientists CBC.ca Swifter and sounder testing of chemicals like BPA in plastic are needed, scientists and clinicians say. (Larry Downing/Reuters) Faster and more rigorous testing of chemicals like BPA in plastic are needed, societies representing 40000 doctors and ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Editorial Feature: BPA's Asia/Pacific Office Celebrates 10th Anniversary Marketwire (press release) SHELTON, CT--(Marketwire - March 7, 2011) - This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the launch of BPA Worldwide's Asia/Pacific office. What started as a one-person office in Hong Kong, today has grown to six employees in Beijing responsible for 100 ... See all stories on this topic »

Americans have twice as much BPA in their bodies as Canadians MiamiHerald.com Especially when it comes to BPA, or bisphenol A, an estrogen-mimicking chemical that is used in many plastics. Laura Vandenberg is the US researcher who first noticed the unusual disparity. The postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University in Massachusetts ... See all stories on this topic »

Kufuor, Oware To Answer Questions On Bui Dam? Accra Daily Mail (blog) The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has hinted that President JA Kufuor, who was a board Chairman of the Bui Power Authority (BPA), and Mr Fred Oware, former BPA CEO, will be made to appear before the board to answer some ... See all stories on this topic »

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