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Leaked Minutes: BPA Makers Fight Back
The public health blog Effect Measure has gotten their hands on a set of leaked minutes from a meeting of representatives of industries that use the toxic endocrine-mimicker bisphenol-A (BPA) on how to counter the negative media about it.
It’s rich: They figure getting a scientific spokesperson won’t be possible (gee, why?), but are hoping to find a young pregnant mom to do it. They want to emphasize the loss of conveinence to poor folks and busy mothers, appeal to our desire for choices, and make us worry about losing jobs. They don’t figure they can win on Facebook and complain about already having spent too much money on this.
In fact it’s so rich that I have to acknowledge that while I have no reason to doubt its veracity, if I were writing a satire of how I expected such a meeting to go, it would look just like that. Only it would be shorter and less detailed.
So y’all: You are forewarned. Someone’s going to try to tell you BPA is good for you and your kids. It’ll be just as insincere and self-serving as it sounds.
Photo of BPA-free sippy cups CC Tiffany Washko, via Flickr.
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7 Comments
Manjari commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThanks for the suggestions!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amYou could try a Camel-Bak water bottle…they are all BPA free, totally spill-proof (and I mean spill-proof!). It is the manufacturer who supplies all branches of the US military. They have many different styles, colors, and price points to choose from.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThe Fresh & Fit Liv Pure bottle is good. It’s BPA free, pretty cheap (around $10 at Target), and has a built-in filter.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amYesterday, I found a stainless steel water bottle at Target. Expensive? Yes, but worth it if you need a water/juice bottle for a child. $8, or about that.
Made in China, also.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amManjari: I got my eldest a Kleen Kanteen from L.L.Bean–we had it engraved with his name, so if it gets lost at school we have a good chance of getting it back.
Manjari commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amCan anyone recommend a good water bottle to send to school?
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWill be interesting to see how this plays out. I had heard that several baby retailers had pledged to stop selling bottles et. al. that did contain BPA – BRU comes to mind.
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