Bending to growing public and legal pressure that began in San Francisco, six major companies have agreed to stop selling hard-plastic baby bottles containing bisphenol A, an industrial chemical suspected of harming human development.     The purveyors of ...

Chicago might become the first place in the United States to partially ban the sale of products that contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), the chemical that some studies have shown may have harmful effects on humans. They're proposing to forbid the sale of any BPA product intended for children. Canada banned t...

Bree Shirvell graduated in May 2008 from George Washington University with a degree in political science in journalism. She is currently a freelance writer in New York, and has wrote for La Cucina Italiana, OZOlife, ToTheCenter, and PG Media. As if eating right wasn’t hard enough, a new study ...

Stunning photography by Nigel Cox in Fast Company David Case writes a remarkable article in Fast Company on the politics of Bisphenol A (BPA), subtitled: How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of produ...

If you're pregnant or simply looking for an alternative to canned food that may contain trace amounts of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), Eden Foods has a solution. The Michigan-based company has used BPA-free cans for most of its products for almost a decade, with the exception of highly acidic toma...

Q: "If I'm at Target and my 3-year-old son in the shopping cart spots a cool Dora sippy cup, is there any way to tell by looking at it if it is a relatively safe choice? --Jessica Klein, 35, Novi, Michigan. The concerns stem from a draft report issued by the National Toxicology Program in April...

Q: With all the fuss about (the chemical) bisphenol A these days, how can someone get tested for levels of accumulation? Do you just sit around and wait for a scientific study?----Dan McNaughton, 41, Chicago. Here's a response from Max Muller who directed a biomonitoring project for Environment Illi...

I was in a bad mood after I wrote a post summarizing a recent Harpers Magazine article demonstrating that the United States government is working hard to keep its citizens from knowing whether numerous commonly used chemicals are dangerous. After all, our government is supposed to be there to protec...

Link: Puzzle, precaution over plastic - The Boston Globe. Last week, hard plastic baby and water bottles were not considered harmful. Now, in the eyes of many users, they are toxic. Yesterday, CVS said it will join Wal-Mart, bottle-maker Nalgene,......

If you’re worried about BPA, here are some ways to spot it and avoid it....