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Robert H. Weiss, PLLC - Robert H. Weiss A consumer class action complaint has been filed on behalf of four Georgia families against the top four polycarbonate plastic baby bottle manufacturers for their use of the synthetic hormone known as Bisphenol-A (BPA) as a chemical component in their plastic baby bottles and toddler training cups.
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LOUISE SCHIAVONE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): From baby bottles to sippy cups to food can liners to water bottles hydrating the youngest athletes, consumers have been exposed to a root chemical called Bisphenol A or BPA, an artificial sex hormone used as a core building block in close to seven billion pounds of plastic on the market today because of its strength and resiliency.
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I discovered that these plastic bottles and many other plastic goods we use on a daily basis contain this dangerous and toxic chemical called Bisphenol-A which can leach into the water with repeated use or even exposure to sunlight and heat.
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Not only are plastics made from fossil fuels and likely to release unhealthy chemicals such as Bisphenol-A and phthalates into our water, food and air, but they make their way from landfills out to sea, where they strangle turtles and birds and collect in floating continents of trash.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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Not only are plastics made from fossil fuels and likely to release unhealthy chemicals such as Bisphenol-A and phthalates into our water, food and air, but they make their way from landfills out to sea, where they strangle turtles and birds and collect in floating continents of trash.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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Among these are the so-called gender-bending chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) - used in the manufacture of plastics such as babies 'bottles - which various studies have linked to reproductive difficulties, as well as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Among these are the so-called gender-bending chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) - used in the manufacture of plastics such as babies 'bottles - which various studies have linked to reproductive difficulties, as well as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The more I know about Bisphenol A, the more I realize what a truly sneaky little substance it is.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: How to Get Away From BPA Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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Bisphenol A -- BPA -- a compound used to make plastic hard and clear is found in many products from eyeglass frames to plastic bottles and jars and the lining of beverage cans.
Bruce A. Barron: What We Know and Don't Know Bruce A. Barron 2011
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Bisphenol A -- BPA -- a compound used to make plastic hard and clear is found in many products from eyeglass frames to plastic bottles and jars and the lining of beverage cans.
Bruce A. Barron: What We Know and Don't Know Bruce A. Barron 2011
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