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Even by the standards of the environmental movement, the panic over bisphenol-A BPA was remarkable.
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These included the first ban on bisphenol-A in receipt paper (Connecticut), the first requirement of children's product manufacturers to report what toxic chemicals are present in their products (Washington) and the first state ban on carcinogenic tris flame retardant in children's products (New York).
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Push a Stroller; Change the World Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011
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The Bangor Daily News yesterday quoted Maine Governor Paul LePage as unconcerned about residues of the chemical bisphenol-A BPA in food containers because, The only thing that I've heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen.
Jean Halloran: Maine and Bisphenol-A: Of Beards and Breasts Jean Halloran 2011
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The product doesn't contain the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), which is used to harden plastic.
FDA Warns Mead Johnson on Enfamil Packaging Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2010
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New findings about bisphenol-A BPA will not redeem it.
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The Bangor Daily News yesterday quoted Maine Governor Paul LePage as unconcerned about residues of the chemical bisphenol-A BPA in food containers because, The only thing that I've heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen.
Jean Halloran: Maine and Bisphenol-A: Of Beards and Breasts Jean Halloran 2011
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Even by the usual standards of the environmental movement, the panic over bisphenol-A BPA was remarkable for its detachment from reality.
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Reversing one of the more scientifically outrageous manipulations of the Bush era, the Food and Drug Administration agreed that bisphenol-A (BPA) posed significant regulatory and safety issues to infants and young children, and that the Agency would launch a series of studies to determine how serious the risk might be.
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First synthesized in 1891 and developed in the 1930s as a synthetic form of estrogen, bisphenol-A has been widely used in commercial products including plastic bottles, compact discs and dental sealants.
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As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans are being exposed to BPA through another, surprising route: paper receipts.
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