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• Not-so-smart-smear tactics from Consumer Reports

  
  http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com — Authority: 417
  Here’s an update to Consumer Reports charge that STATS is funded by ExxonMobil. Apparently, because STATS received grants from the Sarah Scaife foundation (though not in recent years), and Scaife had stock in ExxonMobil,  therefore STATS was being funded by ExxonMobil. By the same logic, every employee for ...
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• Bisphenol A Law Suit Puts Science & Good Government On Trial

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 721
  Paracelsus, "father of toxicology," by Quentin Massys. Image credit: Wikipedia Business Insurance has published an article explaining the consolidation, under jurisdiction of a single US court, of 25 lawsuits alleging consumer fraud on the part of companies selling products made of Bisphenol A-based plastics ...
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• Tuesday Morning Open Thread

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 140
  Whats up? Thank you to all of you who have written or called to ask about my mother-in-law in El Salvador. Hurricane Ida hit the country on Sunday and has killed 124 people, according to the Christian Science Monitor . Fortunately, my MIL is out of the country on vacation and was not affected. But I did call her ...
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• The Politics of Plastics: Food Fights Over Bisphenol A

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 721
  La Tomatina Food Fight We noted earlier that Consumers Reports Confirms Bisphenol A Leaches From Tin Cans . This didnt sit well with our friends at Stats.org, who responded with Consumer Reports BPA study filled with factual errors. Consumers Reports shot back with Industry re... Read the full story on TreeHugger
  2 days ago

• BPA, its everywhere you don’t want it to be

  
  Crunchy Domestic Goddess — Authority: 486
  This weekend as my friend Melissa was showing me her cool pressure canner and all of the foods she’s canned with it, we started talking about the presence of BPA in most store-bought canned goods. The presence of BPA (bisphenol-A) in canned goods is something I’ve known about for a while, but one of those things ...
  2 days ago

• Op-Ed Columnist: Something Scary in the Pantry

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Nicholas D. Kristof
  3 days ago

• STATS responds to Consumer Reports smear tactics

  
  http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com — Authority: 417
  Consumer Reports posted a response on its blog to STATS criticism of its recent report on BPA. The following is a letter sent by STATS President, S. Robert Lichter Ph.D to the magazine: In their response to Trevor Butterworth’s criticisms, Andrea Rock and Urvashi Rangan devoted most of their efforts to trying ...
  4 days ago

• Warning! Canned Foods May be Hazardous to Your Health

  
  HealthMad — Authority: 487
  What could be more convenient than opening a can of soup for a super fast, hot lunch? Canned foods have taken over our lives and our cabinets – providing a simple way to get lunch or dinner on the table quickly. But there’s a dark and dirty secret about metal cans that’s slowly rearing its ugly head. The lining ...
  5 days ago

• BPA in Canned Foods Cause for Concern, Group Says

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 544
  Measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A (BPA) were found in a variety of canned goods, including some that claimed to be BPA-free, according to an analysis released this week by the nonprofit advocacy group Consumers Union. read more
  5 days ago

• Consumer Reports Tests Find BPA in Canned Soups, Juice, and More

  
  SafeMama.com — Authority: 405
  Here we go … BPA in the news again.  I have been wanting to post something about this since I saw it on the evening news the other night.  Consumer Reports just published new findings (but none of it is really news to us) about levels of BPA in canned food.  We knew it was [...]Related posts: BPA in Canned ...
  6 days ago

• Consumers Reports Confirms Bisphenol A Leaches From Tin Cans

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 721
  Lambert/Archive Photos/Getty Images Two new bits of research: A new study by members of the Reproductive Toxicology Branch of the EPA did not find any evidence that Bisphenol A (BPA), was a "gender bender" in female rats. BPA "Does not Alter Sexually Dimorphic Behavior, Puberty, Fertility and Anatomy of Female LE ...
  6 days ago

• BPA Found In Canned Foods

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  stevendepolos Flickr photostream/Creative Commons New research from Consumer Reports reveals that many canned foods , including soups, juice and vegetables, contain measurable levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that has been linked to a wide array of health issues such as reproductive abnormalities, cancer, ...
  6 days ago

• Bisphenol A In Canned Foods Like Soup, Tuna, Green Beans….

  
  1800blogger — Authority: 168
  Submitted by Whole Food And More BlogDr. Heidi explained how tomatoes in cans are bad for us. In her words, “Tomato products are acidic and the can liners have toxic chemicals that have been shown to leach into the products, and may affect hormone production.”Now Kim and Dr. Heidi report new sources that there are ...
  6 days ago

• BPA Found in Cans Marked BPA-Free

  
  MomsRising Blog — Authority: 130
  Just when you thought the BPA battle couldn’t get any more frustrating… Consumer Reports just published a study where they found BPA in food from nearly all cans tested – including those marked “BPA-Free.” Grrrrr. According to the release: “Consumer Reports’ latest tests of canned foods, including ...
  6 days ago

• Too Much Estrogen!

  
  Green Blog — Authority: 91
  Photo credit: x-ray delta one Our society is suffering from estrogen overload. No, I’m not referring to Sex and The City reruns—estrogen overload refers to the increasing amount of estrogen in our environment, our food and our bodies. “Good” Estrogen Estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is ...
  6 days ago

• Consumer Affairs unhappy with STATS

  
  http://thestatsblog.wordpress.com — Authority: 417
  Consumer Affairs, a publication that should not be confused with Consumer Reports, has reported STATS material before;  but this morning, it isn’t happy with us. In fact, it’s so unhappy that we criticized Consumer Reports for its new study on BPA in cans, that it made a few errors of its own. For the ...
  6 days ago

• 15 Quick Facts About BPA [Chemical Thingy in Bottles & Cans]

  
  Fooducate — Authority: 529
  The December Edition of Consumer Reports, already out, is returning BPA, a controversial chemical, back to the headlines. The non-profit publisher, Consumers Union, tested various canned foods for BPA and found alarmingly high values in daily staples such as tuna, beans and soups. You can read more about it here . ...
  1 week ago

• BPA in canned food: Consumer Reports Tests

  
  MommyBlips - Top Mommy News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 146
  Concern over canned foods Our tests find wide range of Bisphenol A in soups, juice, and more The chemical Bisphenol A, which has been used for years in clear plastic bottles and food-can liners, has been restricted in Canada and some U.S. states and municipalities because of potential health ... Boston Family Life ...
  1 week ago

• BPA in Those Canned Green Beans?

  
  Tree Hugging Family — Authority: 123
  There’s even more reason to eat fresh vegetables whenever possible. Consumer Reports just released the results of their Bisphenol A (BPA) tests of canned foods. Items tested include: soups, juice, tuna and green beans. Sadly for consumers, almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels ...
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• Oh no! Bisphenol A again

  
  Food Politics — Authority: 619
  Here’s a good reason why food manufacturers don’t want to test for harmful chemicals.  If you test, you might find something you don’t want to. Consumer Reports did just that .  It tested a bunch of canned juices, soups, tuna, and green beans and found bisphenol A (BPA) in almost all of them — even the ...
  1 week ago

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