Maine lawmakers should pass the Healthy Kids Bill introduced by Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport. By Dr. Jeff Peterson Portland Press Herald op-ed When a woman finds out that she is pregnant, usually one of the first things she does is seek out information from books or health care professionals about what she should and shouldn’t be Read More
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Preserve Maine’s Role in Protecting Our Kids from Toxic Chemicals
By Janet Mills, Special to the BDN Bangor Daily News op-ed Ever wonder what’s in that baby bottle your infant uses? The teether she chews on? The toys your kids climb on and fall on, and the ones they put in their mouths? More and more families are concerned about health and safety as kids’ Read More
Toxic Chemical Information Should be Out in the Open
by Meredith Strang Burgess Kennebec Journal op-ed I am a mother with three grown children and a former Republican state representative who served six years in the Legislature until 2012. This year, I joined a bipartisan group of current and former legislators who took tested ourselves for several chemicals known as phthalates. We were among Read More
Legislature Readies for Another Conflict over BPA and Babies’ Health
Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine press release AUGUSTA) For the second time in two years the Maine Legislature will be asked to referee a fight that pits moms, physicians, and health scientists against a national chemical industry coalition and Governor Paul LePage. At issue is the hormone-disrupting chemical BPA, or bisphenol A, and Read More
Maine Bill Targets Chemicals in Food Packaging
by Ed Morin and Susan Sharon MPBN news story The problem recently came to light when the state Board of Environmental Protection was unable to include toddler food packaging in a plan to phase out the hormone disrupting chemical bisphenol-A. In an effort to close what some say is a loophole in Maine’s Kid-Safe Products Read More
Maine Pediatricians Send Pointed Letter to Governor on Administration’s BPA Stance
LePage urged to “follow the medical science on BPA” ACHM press release (AUGUSTA) With a critical Board of Environmental Protection meeting just one day away, the Governor and his administration continue to draw fire for their opposition to a citizen-initiated proposal to replace the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby and toddler food packaging. Dr. Read More
Environmental Panel Looks at Alternatives in Weighing Expanded BPA Ban
by Matthew Stone, BDN writer Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine—A state environmental board Thursday started weighing whether manufacturers would have access to affordable packaging alternatives if Maine extended its ban on the chemical bisphenol A to packaging used for infant formula and baby and toddler foods. The state Board of Environmental Protection’s first, Read More
Speak Up to Get BPA Out of Kids’ Food Packaging
Who can argue that moms and kids should have to worry about exposure to BPA just by buying a can of food off the shelf at the grocery store? Almost no one, apparently. At a hearing on a proposed rule in Augusta last week, not one mother, father, doctor, business-owner, scientist, or other expert (except Read More
State Environmental Protection Board Votes for Tougher Limits on BPA Advance
by Susan M. Cover, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story AUGUSTA — State environmental regulators voted Thursday to move forward with consideration of new rules that would further limit the sale of products containing the chemical bisphenol-A, which some scientists have linked to learning disabilities in children. The Board of Environmental Protection accepted a citizen Read More
