Common-sense controls on chemicals used in everyday products merit Maine senators’s support. by Dr. Tamas Portland Press Herald op-ed PORTLAND – As the only practicing medical toxicologist in the state, I am well aware of the real hazards that Maine children and adults face from toxic chemicals. Every day, I see patients who have been Read More
BPA
Debate Intensifies Over Effort to Ban Controversial Chemical Found in Baby Food
by Kevin Miller, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — The debate over the chemical bisphenol-A continued Tuesday as groups released competing claims about the additive’s health effects, and one baby food manufacturer insisted its products are BPA-free. During a press event at the State House, members of the Alliance for a Read More
Maine Groups Press for BPA Ban After Chemical Found in Baby and Toddler Food
by Patty B. Wight MPBN news story Since January, baby bottles, sippy cups and reusable food containers in Maine have been free of the chemical hardening agent Bisphenol-A. Now, environmental health activists want the state to eliminate BPA from infant formula, baby and toddler foods. The move comes after tests conducted by The Alliance for Read More
LePage Drops Opposition to BPA Ban
by A.J. Higgins MPBN radio news story In an unexpected change of position, the LePage administration has opted not to oppose a bill that authorizes the phase out of the controversial chemical commonly known as BPA that is used in the production of plastic bottles and food containers. And the state chamber has taken a Read More
Speaking Out to Protect Children’s Health
I just came back from a press event where I got to speak alongside physicians, small business owners, public health advocates, concerned parents and their children, and legislators in support of Maine’s chemical safety laws. We worked with our friends in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine to hold the event to celebrate and Read More
Maine Protects Families from Toxic BPA
It’s Thursday, December 16th, and I am just back from the Board of Environmental Protection meeting where they took a significant step forward to protect Maine families from the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). During a six-month public hearing and comment period, the BEP heard the consensus of the nation’s top scientists that BPA is dangerous, Read More
Maine BEP Adopts Toxic BPA Rule
Board of Environmental Protection Votes to Replace BPA in Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups Statement of Matt Prindiville, Natural Resources Council of Maine Today, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) took a significant step forward to protect Maine families from the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). Today BEP voted to 1) designate BPA as a Read More
Canada and Maine Take Steps to Restrict BPA
Well. It’s official, Canada has formally listed bisphenol-A (BPA) as a toxic substance and is moving forward to restrict its uses in consumer products. Back here in Maine on October 7th, the Board of Environmental Protection took a step forward on BPA by exercising their authority to require an alternatives assessment for uses in infant Read More
Protecting Kids from Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products
Our nation’s chemical safety policy is seriously broken. The law currently allows chemical manufacturers to use their products in consumer goods without first demonstrating that these chemicals are safe. The toxins can leach out and have been found in Maine homes, air, water, wildlife—and people. These chemicals have been tied to hormonal disruptions, behavioral and Read More
