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"Our findings demonstrate that BPA cannot be avoided, even by the most conscious consumer," said Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist at the Washington Toxics Coalition and lead author of the report.

BPA on thermal paper isn’t chemically bound in any way. It does not stay on the paper, but rather easily transfers to our skin and other items that it rubs against.

Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Campaign Director It’s hard to pronounce, and even harder to find on a product label, yet the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has become a household word. BPA comes up in casual conversation: Have you switched out your water bottles yet? Do I really have to live without canned green beans? So how […]

by Anna Davis Field Organizer, Washintgon Toxics Coalition I was tired, my fiancé was overwhelmed, and we both regretted that we had just spent a sunny spring day indoors. We had just returned from a marathon wedding registry session at one of those big box stores that carries anything you could ever possibly want and […]

Urgent Need to Update Toxic Substances Control Act Greater Than Ever Before

Olympia, WA—Today, Governor Gregoire signed the Safe Baby Bottle Act into law. The new legislation reinforces the state’s status as a national leader in protecting children’s health from toxic chemicals. Washington is now only the second state to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in sports bottles and the fifth to take action on the chemical in […]

Bisphenol A (BPA) continues to make headlines as researchers discover yet more health risks, the plastics industry gears up to fight regulations, consumers try to avoid it, more states pass resolutions banning it, and federal agencies struggle to do the right thing. First, the bad news . . . What is BPA? BPA is a […]

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition member Moms Rising posted an excellent blog today from Claire Moshenberg. Claire praises our new report, and provides a vivid illustration of the toxic dilemmas confronting today’s families.

Today, after years of insisting that the hormone-mimicking chemical bisphenol A (BPA) was “safe for all uses,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised its stance.

Olympia, WA  – Armed with a giant 20-foot inflatable baby bottle, nearly 100 parents, kids, doctors, and nurses rallied at the state Capitol today in support of the Safe Baby Bottle Act (SHB 1180). They gathered on the Capitol steps and asked state legislators to pass the legislation, which will eliminate the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol […]