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BPA Listing on Proposition 65

“Another Chemical Misadventure,” by American Council on Science and Health. Yesterday’s Dispatch took note of the new momentum (or lack thereof) for “reform” of the chemical law known as TSCA, which if...

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History Lesson on BPA by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

“Let’s Preserve our Sanity when it Comes to Canned Food” by Joe Schwarcz. It may not be quite on a par with the Manhattan Project or with the challenge of beating the Soviets to the moon, but the race...

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Thoughtful Review of BPA Science

“Are Concerns About BPA Overblown?” By Chris Kresser. By now I’m sure most of you have heard claims that bisphenol A (BPA) is a harmful chemical that should be avoided as much as possible. Perhaps you...

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NRDC’s Junk Claims on “Endocrine-Disrupting” Chemicals

“National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Champions Shoddy Journalism on Endocrine Active Chemicals,” By Jon Entine. As Jon Entine of the Genetic Literacy Project reports, the NRDC is not exactly...

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BPA Listing on Proposition 65 Halted (for now)

“BPA on Prop 65 list: Now You See it, Now You Don’t, Thankfully,” By Gil Ross. After the politically-motivated listing of the plastic hardener Bisphenol-A (BPA) was at last squeezed onto California’s...

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ACSH Scientists Speak on BPA

“BPA added to California’s Proposition 65 list” by American Council on Science and Health.

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BPA Not Toxic

“BPA Delisted: Not ‘Toxic,’” Angela Logomasini On April 11, California regulators placed the chemical Bisphenol A on its list of “toxic” substances under its Proposition 65 law. BPA has been used...

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BPA and other Chemicals Don’t Belong on Prop 65 List

“Why BPA (And Other Chemicals) Don’t Belong On Proposition 65,” by Angela Logomasini. If you want to have fun in California’s Disneyland, avoid reading the warning signs saying that products used in...

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BPA Replacements Not Better

“BPA Replacement Faces Same Attacks as BPA,” by Kenneth Artz. As anti-chemical activists attempt to ban the safe but controversial chemical Bisphenol A from plastic products, a new study claims the...

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Health Canada Declares BPA Safe–Again

“Canada: More Junk Science? The Anti-BPA Crusade Is Back,” by Ronald L. Doering. The 25-year controversy involving BPA in food packaging won’t go away. It continues to hang ominously like a black cloud...

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Scientists Take Stand Against Junk Science

“Scientists Warn of Dangers of ‘Precautionary Science,’” by Angela Logomasini. Eighteen scientists recently weighed in on the unscientific and dangerous nature of the so-called “precautionary...

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BPA Ban Not Related to Safety Concerns

“FDA Bans BPA in Already-BPA-Free Uses,” by Gayle S. Putrich. The Food and Drug Administration will no longer permit the use of bisphenol A in packaging for baby formula. The controversial plastic...

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Precautionary Politics Attack Plastics, Medical Devices

“European Descent into Dark Age Ignorance Continues Apace,” by American Council on Science and Health. When the EU adopted the anti-science “precautionary principle” as its guiding paradigm a decade or...

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FDA Ban on BPA Based on Junk Science

“The BuzzFeed-ification of Science Reporting,” by Lisa De Pasquale. For years I’ve been writing about how science reporting has devolved into hysteria and misinformation disguised as public service. TV...

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BPA and Infertility

“An Alarming Call for BPA Research Funding,” by Angela Logomasini. The headlines are out. The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is now “linked to infertility.” How do we know that? Researchers exposed...

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The Data on BPA and Breast Cancer

“BPA And Breast Cancer: When Academics Spin Statistics,” by Trevor Butterworth. A new study, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and published in a journal the...

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Judge Cans Prop. 65 Label

“California Judge Rules on the Side of Sound Science – No Warning Labels Required,” by American Council on Science and Health. In the culmination of a five-week trial, California’s Judge Brick ruled...

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Junk Science on Chemical Effects on Children

“How Abysmal Scientific Research Is Used To Scare America’s Parents,” by Geoffrey Kabat. We have become accustomed to a steady barrage of reports of hazards lurking in our environment that MAY pose a...

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Healthy Foods, Bad Advice

“Four Foods You Should Probably Eat,” by American Council on Science and Health. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviewed David Jack, an editor from Men’s Health about five foods one should supposedly never...

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Bisphenol A & Fertility

“What Do We Really Know About BPA And Fertility?” By Steve Hentges. Last week, a study published in the journal Human Reproduction reported that bisphenol-A (BPA), a compound widely used to make...

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