Massachusetts citizens call for strong BPA ban
The state of Massachusetts is considering a limited bisphenol-a (BPA) ban, with the charge being led by Governor Deval Patrick.
When making this announcement, Governor Patrick mentioned regulation on baby bottles and sippy cups. However Safer representatives in the state would like the bill to be more comprehensive and modeled after a law like Connecticut's which also bans BPA from infant formula, baby food packaging, and reusable food and beverage containers.
Our colleagues at Healthy Tomorrow are asking the concerned citizens of Massachusetts to call Governor Patrick's office this week — April 5 - 9 — to make sure that he knows that the state should be following in Connecticut's footsteps with strong BPA legislation.
Bisphenol-a is a toxic chemical mostly used in hard plastics that has been linked to impaired brain and reproductive development in unborn babies, miscarriage in pregnant women, diabetes, obesity and cancer. Populations that are particularly vulnerable to BPA are infants, children and pregnant women.
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