Comments on: Some states asking baby companies to avoid BPA http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/ healthy ideas, product info and comments about babies, tots and little ones Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Albert http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500721 Albert Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:58:36 +0000 http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500721 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/health/policy/30plastic.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/health/policy/30plastic.html

]]> By: amy http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500720 amy Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:36:47 +0000 http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500720 The end of last week I got a very alarming email from The Soft Landing that I want to share with you. You know them, I have sung their praises on many occasions in the almost 2 years running this blog. If you don't you should sign up for their newsletter! Anyway, to the point, the must-read <a href="http://thesoftlanding.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/did-the-plastics-industry-prepare-the-fda-draft-on-bpa-safety/" rel="nofollow">post</a> is about a Congressional Committee investigation into the FDA's BPA report, and the suspicion that it was influenced and possibly prepared by manufacturers looking to keep BPA in their products. This is scary but sadly not that surprising. It would not be the first time industries have tried to persuade the government to turn a blind eye to a dangerous additive- remember lead? The end of last week I got a very alarming email from The Soft Landing that I want to share with you. You know them, I have sung their praises on many occasions in the almost 2 years running this blog. If you don’t you should sign up for their newsletter!
Anyway, to the point, the must-read post is about a Congressional Committee investigation into the FDA’s BPA report, and the suspicion that it was influenced and possibly prepared by manufacturers looking to keep BPA in their products. This is scary but sadly not that surprising. It would not be the first time industries have tried to persuade the government to turn a blind eye to a dangerous additive- remember lead?

]]> By: Albert http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500719 Albert Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:12:59 +0000 http://www.healthybot.com/blog/2008/10/21/some-states-asking-baby-companies-to-avoid-bpa/#comment-500719 I was very disappointed by the FDA's announcement as well, and that only adds to the time I was disappointed that they approved cloned beef healthy for human consumption. How obvious is it that people don't want frankenfood when there are riots in Korea over beef imports from the US? And don't even get me started on how asleep at the wheel the FDA was during the tomato / jalapeno pepper salmonella problems. Is the FDA even doing anything besides taking lobbyists' donations to the bank and reading from their scripts? I certainly hope so! I was very disappointed by the FDA’s announcement as well, and that only adds to the time I was disappointed that they approved cloned beef healthy for human consumption. How obvious is it that people don’t want frankenfood when there are riots in Korea over beef imports from the US?

And don’t even get me started on how asleep at the wheel the FDA was during the tomato / jalapeno pepper salmonella problems.

Is the FDA even doing anything besides taking lobbyists’ donations to the bank and reading from their scripts? I certainly hope so!

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