June 26th, 2009 @ 11:14 am
The Green Blog in the Boston Globe posted on Monday that the Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal “is investigating whether industry officials are using ‘fear tactics, political manipulation, and misleading marketing’ to fight regulation of the chemical, which is used in hundreds of everyday products, from baby bottles to canned food.” Connecticut is a leader in the fight against BPA, having recently passed a ban on the use of BPA in plastics used by children and babies.
A couple of weeks back, I posted about the meeting of corporate minds when industry leaders met to determine a PR campaign that suggests that BPA is not as dangerous as it really is. Blumenthal wrote a letter to the companies that were involved – including DelMonte and Coca Cola – asking for details about the meeting and the notes that have been circulating.
I hope other states, including Massachusetts, follow Connecticut’s lead and start banning the use of BPAs.
Joyhowl
said,
July 25, 2009 at 4:20 pm
uhm. i dont think so…