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Category: Bisphenol-A

Avoiding BPA Despite the Recent FDA Ruling Not To Ban

Posted on: Apr 1, 2012

Filed Under Bisphenol-A, Food Safety | 11 Comments

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This week the FDA ruled against banning BPA in food packaging products because for them, there was not enough evidence to deem it unsafe. Of course, I was disappointed and I think they missed an opportunity to do the right thing. That’s obvious. But my biggest fear is that people will take their word for [...]

BPA Free Thanksgiving?

Posted on: Oct 29, 2011

Filed Under Bisphenol-A, Food Safety | 14 Comments

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(Re-posted from a while ago but a good one to revisit!) Since all this started I’ve been trying desperately to come up with alternatives to the old family favorites that require a can of this or that. So here’s a few solutions I’ve come up with that replace those cans that plague our meals with [...]

JPMA Newsletter Says BPA “Won’t Hurt You”

Posted on: Dec 21, 2010

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A reader forwarded me a recent newsletter that was sent out by the JPMA (Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, Inc) to it’s subscribers bashing the bans on BPA taking effect in the country and in Canada. In a word they quote it “Nonsense.” Or my favorite “unscientific hysteria”. JPMA quotes “Nonsense. Not only is there no [...]

New Report Surfaces: BPA On Money

Posted on: Dec 8, 2010

Filed Under Bisphenol-A, Chemicals | 4 Comments

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A while back we all found out just how much BPA is present in a simple store receipt and several people blogged about it, bringing it to the forefront. It’s become more apparent that BPA lurks in places we don’t realize. So is the case with paper money too. My friends at SaferChemicals.org published an [...]

Holiday Help: Pacific Natural Foods Cream of Mushroom Soup

Posted on: Nov 16, 2010

Filed Under Bisphenol-A, Food Safety | 8 Comments

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Last year I did an article about making traditional Thanksgiving recipes a BPA Free makeover. Many of our holiday favorites require canned ingredients to make them the foods we love during the holidays. In my own effort to stop using all canned food items in my life (which has been really easy – I haven’t [...]

General Mills Muir Glen Ditching BPA in Canned Tomatoes But…

Posted on: Nov 3, 2010

Filed Under Articles, Bisphenol-A | 12 Comments

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I ran over an article at the same time that my friend from Ely Organics did on Facebook and we were questioning the accuracy of the information. So of course we started digging around and I decided to give Muir Glen a call to get clarification. Or at least as much clarification as a helpful [...]

Batter Blaster Organic Pancake Batter: BPA in Packaging?

Posted on: Mar 9, 2010

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My husband came home from a grocery shopping trip not long ago and he had a look of total excitement and triumph on his face. “Look what I found!” he said as he handed me a whipped cream can looking item. It was the new Batter Blaster that I keep hearing about. At first glance [...]

Cheat Sheet: Natural Toothpaste & BPA Free Toothbrushes For Kids

Posted on: Feb 11, 2010

Filed Under ** Cheat Sheets!, Bisphenol-A, Product Safety, PVC Free | 12 Comments

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We get a lot of questions about toothpaste and fluoride and “my Dentist says my son needs fluoride drops” here and I am still kind of wishy washy about fluoride. Especially after having read the great articles on SAFBaby regarding Fluoride… it really makes you wonder whether it’s the best thing. Whether you are anti [...]

FDA Anounces Warning About BPA

Posted on: Jan 19, 2010

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The FDA is finally catching up with the rest of us. The FDA issued a warning to parents to limit the exposure of BPA in infants and children citing “some concern” about BPA’s effects. I see a lot of mixed signals with the FDA’s recent statement and it’s mostly due to the fact that BPA [...]

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

Posted on: Nov 5, 2009

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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 [...]