Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles
ABBY GOODNOUGH, New York Times
Published: 2010-06-22
CONCORD, Mass. — Henry David Thoreau was jailed here 164 years ago for refusing to pay taxes while living at Walden Pond. Now the town has Jean Hill to contend with.
Mrs. Hill, an octogenarian previously best known for her blueberry jam, proposed banning the sale of bottled water here at a town meeting this spring. Voters approved, with the intent of making Concord the first town in the nation to strip Aquafina, Poland Spring and the like from its stores. More
CNN releases list of common household toxins that could harm your child
Kimberley Zagoren, examiner.com
Published: 2010-06-03
CNN has released a list of five common toxins that have been linked to such problems as cancer, behavioral issues and liver and kidney damage, click here for the complete article. More
Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags
ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, New York Times
Published: 2010-04-12
HORSHOLM, Denmark — The lawyers and engineers who dwell in an elegant enclave here are at peace with the hulking neighbor just over the back fence: a vast energy plant that burns thousands of tons of household garbage and industrial waste, round the clock. More
FDA issues BPA guidelines
Andrew Zajac, Los Angeles Times
Published: 2010-01-16
The agency calls for more study but no ban on the controversial chemical in baby bottles and other food containers. Industry officials praise the action, but food safety groups are disappointed. More
Time to Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Huffington Post
Published: 2009-12-18
No responsible parent would expose their infant to cigarette smoke or car exhaust. But every day in America, millions of infants are exposed to dangerous chemicals hiding in plain view. This exposure can lead to a wide range of adverse health effects later in life -- from increased cancer risk to infertility. More
Cancer From the Kitchen?
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, New York Times
Published: 2009-12-05
The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines.
But what about broader public health challenges? What if breast cancer in the United States has less to do with insurance or mammograms and more to do with contaminants in our water or air -- or in certain plastic containers in our kitchens? What if the surge in asthma and childhood leukemia reflect, in part, the poisons we impose upon ourselves? More
BPA Wrecks Sex, Fouls Food -- And Probably Worse
Elaine Shannon, The Huffington Post
Published: 2009-11-12
When people ask whether modern synthetics are damaging their health and endangering future generations, Topic A is nearly always bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic estrogen, an integral component of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins and one of the highest volume industrial chemicals in existence.
Now a ground-breaking study released in the journal of Human Reproduction offers what its authors call "the first evidence that exposure to BPA in the workplace could have an adverse effect on male sexual dysfunction." More
Sigg backpedals on BPA
CBC News,
Published: 2009-09-04
Aluminum bottle manufacturer Sigg has issued a public apology following an earlier admission some of its bottle liners contain trace amounts of bisphenol A (BPA).
The Swiss manufacturing company revealed last month that bottles sold before August 2008 have water-based epoxy liners containing trace amounts of BPA. Sigg has denied the liners leach the chemical and says that testing in the U.S. and Switzerland has confirmed this. More
Hot Water: How SIGG Lost My Trust (And Kind of Broke My Heart)
Simran Sethi, The Huffington Post
Published: 2009-09-02
I waited to write this post until after I had the opportunity to speak with SIGG CEO Steve Wasik. I am still disappointed.
Over this last week we have learned that SIGG bottles manufactured before August 2008 (not 2009, as I mistakenly mentioned earlier) contained Bisphenol-A (BPA) in their liners. BPA is a chemical used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins and is part of a group of molecules known as endocrine disruptors. More
'Pacific Garbage Patch' expedition finds plastic, plastic everywhere
Paul Rogers, insidebayarea.com
Published: 2009-09-01
Scientists who returned to the Bay Area this week after an expedition to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" brought piles of plastic debris they pulled out of the ocean - soda bottles, cracked patio chairs, Styrofoam chunks, old toys, discarded fishing floats and tangled nets. More
True or false: All aluminum bottles are BPA-free.
The answer would be false.
Michael Hodgson, SNEWS
Published: 2009-08-21
When concern over BPA in polycarbonate bottles reached a feverish pitch in late 2007 and early 2008, those selling aluminum bottles, including SIGG and Laken, benefited greatly as retailers and consumers scrambled for water-carrying alternatives. SIGG reported at one point it could hardly keep up with consumer demand. Consumers, retailers and most mainstream media assumed incorrectly aluminum bottles were BPA-free. More
Hydrate with Innate!
Published: 2009-07-27
The Hydrate with Innate! contest is a wonderful opportunity to share your inspiring photographs and stories and to help provide clean drinking water through the support of a great non-profit organization.
Submit photos of yourself, your family or friends, or tell us a great story on the subject of hydrating with clear blue water, preferably with an Innate container, and you could be a winner! More
When Studies Collide
Rethinking the evidence on BPA
Sharon Begley, Newsweek
Published: 2009-06-20
Research shows. Studies have found. Scientists conclude. Each of those phrases can be completed, accurately, with any one of the following: That it's possible to use ESP to see the location of someone far away. That exposure to lead at everyday levels does no harm to the developing brain. That hormone replacement protects women against heart disease. My point is not that science is always tentative and that scientists are fallible, though both are certainly true (since all three of the above are wrong), but that almost anyone with an agenda can find research to support it. More
Green authors put their bodies to the test
Geoff Nixon, CTV.ca News
Published: 2009-05-18
Rick Smith says it all started out as a joke.
The executive director of Environmental Defence, and his colleague, president Bruce Lourie, were trying to think of a way to demonstrate the dangers of environmental pollutants in everyday life.
"One of us said: 'Why don't we experiment on ourselves?'" Smith explained to CTV.ca in a recent telephone interview from Ottawa.
"And then the other person said: 'Yeah. Why don't we?'" More
Chicago BPA ban: Chicago bans sale of baby bottles, sippy cups with dangerous chemical
Bisphenol A has been linked to diabetes, cancer and other illnesses
Michael Hawthorne and Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Tribune
Published: 2009-05-14
The City Council's vote Wednesday to make Chicago the first U.S. city to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles and sippy cups is the latest act in a groundswell of public concern about a widely used chemical that has been linked to cancer, diabetes and other ailments.
With retailers and manufacturers already phasing out use of BPA, the unanimous vote is largely symbolic. But it adds the city to a growing list of states and countries moving to eliminate the chemical from household products, especially those made for infants and children. More
How Green Is My Bottle?
DANIEL GOLEMAN and GREGORY NORRIS, New York Times
Published: 2009-04-19
Earth Day is this Wednesday, and all things “green” will be celebrated. But it’s worth asking: how environmentally friendly are “green” products, really? Consider, for example, this paragon of eco-virtue: the stainless steel water bottle that lets us hydrate without discarding endless plastic bottles. More
BILT Designs Inc. Evolves with Launch of Innate
Still the Clear Choice for Progressive Products
Published: 2009-01-19
Bilt Designs, a progressive business offering products that support an active and healthy lifestyle today announced the launch of a new brand, Innate™. More
FDA To Revise BPA Review, Considers Independent Studies
Jared A. Favole, Dow Jones Newswires
Published: 2008-12-15
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Food and Drug Administration is revising its draft assessment on a chemical commonly found in baby bottles, saying it will reconsider some independent studies that showed Bisphenol-A, or BPA, isn't safe at current levels. More
BPA Ruling Flawed, Panel Says
FDA Ignored Scientific Evidence of Harm, Report Finds
Annys Shin, Washington Post
Published: 2008-10-29
The Food and Drug Administration ignored scientific evidence and used flawed methods when it determined that a chemical widely used in baby bottles and in the lining of cans is not harmful, a scientific advisory panel has found. More
Canada closer to baby bottle ban
CHARMAINE NORONHA, Washington Post
Published: 2008-10-17
TORONTO -- Canada said Friday it was declaring a controversial chemical widely used in food packaging a toxic substance, allowing it carry out a promised ban on plastic baby bottles made with bisphenol A. More
Chemical Reaction
Editorial, Washington Post
Published: 2008-10-16
A DRAFT REPORT on bisphenol A (BPA) from the Food and Drug Administration last month determined that it was safe for food storage, rejecting claims that the chemical, which is used in the manufacture of baby bottles and to line aluminum cans, causes cancer, obesity and heart disease. A special agency subcommittee will release a recommendation this month advising the FDA on whether to accept, reject or amend that determination. But there's concern that its conclusion will be seen as less than fully independent. More
Bisphenol A poses disease risk for adults, study says
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT, Globe and Mail Update
Published: 2008-09-16
An influential new study linking bisphenol A to heart disease and diabetes is raising the possibility that Health Canada erred in April when it concluded that the chemical used to make plastic poses no risk to adults. More