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A proposal to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby bottles, sippy cups, water bottles and other reusable food and beverage containers is getting a show of support from parents, scientists, doctors and nurses.
Aug. 19, 2010
• The Associated Press • In News, Politics, State
BANGOR, Maine — People who happened to be passing through the intersection of Union and Hammond streets at noon Tuesday may have been distracted by the presence of a 20-foot-tall inflatable baby …
June 16, 2009
• By Meg Haskell • In Bangor, News, State
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection held a hearing on Aug. 19 concerning a proposed ban on the chemical bisphenol A (also known as BPA) in children’s products …
Aug. 27, 2010
• By Beverly Paigen • In Contributors, Opinion
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine could become the latest state to ban the sale of baby bottles and other reusable food and beverage containers made with bisphenol A under the first test of a relatively new …
June 18, 2010
• By Kevin Miller • In News, Politics, State
Environmental health advocates in Maine released a new national study earlier this week showing that canned foods and beverages absorb potentially dangerous amounts of bisphenol A, or BPA, from the cans’ epoxy lining.
May 19, 2010
• By Meg Haskell • In News, State
EDITORIALS
When Maine lawmakers several years ago considered banning some chemicals deemed harmful to health that were used in products sold here, one of the first arguments made in opposition was that such action would result in a patchwork quilt of regulations among the 50 states. Such inconsistencies would make it ...
Nov. 15, 2011
• • In Editorials, Opinion
AUGUSTA, Maine — The debate over the chemical bisphenol-A continued Tuesday as groups released competing claims about the additive’s health effects, and one baby food manufacturer insisted its products are BPA-free. During a press event at the State House, members of the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine as ...
Feb. 14, 2012
• By Kevin Miller • In Augusta, Business, Health, News, State
AUGUSTA, Maine — A coalition of Maine health and environmental groups is preparing to launch the next campaign against bisphenol-A, or BPA, on the heels of tests that found the controversial chemical additive in 11 of 12 samples of baby food in the state. Additionally, coalition members are accusing some ...
Feb. 14, 2012
• By Kevin Miller • In Augusta, Health, News, Politics, State
AUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative committee unanimously endorsed a plan to ban the controversial chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, on Friday in what some supporters are describing as a significant policy defeat for the LePage administration. The Environment and Natural Resources Committee’s vote followed weeks of vocal backlash against Gov. ...
March 25, 2011
• By Kevin Miller • In Augusta, Health, News, Politics, State
PORTLAND, Maine — Environmental health advocates on Tuesday called for congressional action to outlaw certain chemicals after the release of a report identifying more than 650 brand name products that contain the toxins. In accordance with Maine’s 2008 Kid Safe Products Act, many manufacturers this fall reported to the Maine ...
Dec. 13, 2011
• By Seth Koenig • In Business, News, Portland, State
Results of a national study released Thursday show that plastic baby bottles, including some popular brands, leach dangerous levels of a toxic chemical into the fluids they contain. The chemical, a synthetic hormone known as bisphenol-A, is linked to the development in laboratory animals of breast and prostate cancer, obesity, ...
Feb. 08, 2008
• By MEG HASKELL, BDN Staff • In Uncategorized
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine environmental regulators have put off a decision on whether to expand a proposed ban on a chemical used to harden plastics in some food containers and hundreds of other household items. A proposal before the Board of Environmental Protection would ban bisphenol-A in baby bottles and ...
Oct. 07, 2010
• The Associated Press • In Augusta, Health, News, Politics, State
LETTERS
Broken legal system In all the clamor about illegal immigration, what is lost is the legal immigration system’s inability to function anywhere near efficiently and the impact that has on people’s lives. Here is our story in very brief. My wife is Chinese. She is a remarkable, brave and smart ...
April 15, 2013
• • In Letters, Opinion
COLUMNIST
I apologize if this seems a bit rushed, but my damn estrogen levels seem to be soaring and it took me longer than normal to shave my beard this morning. For a moment I thought I might give Dr. Dora Anne Mills a call to find out what I might ...
Feb. 25, 2011
• By Renee Ordway • In News
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Facebook group has proclaimed Friday “Little Beard Day” after Gov. Paul LePage’s recent remarks that BPA may cause women to “grow little beards.” “On Friday, March 4, Mainers (especially women) are invited to don “little beards” at high noon, take pictures of each other, congregate during ...
March 04, 2011
• • In Augusta, News, Politics, State
In keeping with the spirit of the season I have a couple of simple ideas you might consider for the hard-to-please outdoors person on your shopping list. (The annual big list will come later this month.) Actually, I have samples that I’ve been given to try out. They fall into ...
Dec. 02, 2006
• By JEFF STROUT • In OUT & ABOUT, Sports Column
GUEST COLUMN
As physicians and the co-chairs of the Maine Medical Association’s Public Health Committee, we write to express the association’s deep concern with Gov. Paul LePage’s comments dismissing the dangers of bisphenol-A “LePage Dismisses BPA Dangers,” (BDN, Feb. 22) and his proposal to roll back the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s ...
March 23, 2011
• By Lani Graham, Norma Dreyfus • In Contributors, Opinion
AUGUSTA, Maine — When Megan Rice learned that her daughter’s plastic sippy cups contained an industrial chemical called bisphenol-A, she tossed them in the trash. Now, five years later, Rice says she and many other moms struggle to buy food, toys and other products free of potentially dangerous chemicals. Some ...
May 15, 2012
• By Jackie Farwell • In Augusta, Health, News, Politics, State
SETH AND THE CITY (blog)
I covered a news conference held today in Portland by the Environmental Health Strategy Center regarding the everyday products reported to be made using the potentially toxic bisphenol-A and nonylphenol ethoxylates. Certainly click on the hyperlinked words above to get the full story. Some comments ended up on the cutting ...
Dec. 13, 2011
• • In News, Portland
BANGOR, Maine — A state employee has sued the head of the Department of Environmental Protection alleging she was demoted after testifying before a legislative committee during her vacation about the dangers of the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. Andrea Lani of Whitefield filed the lawsuit last week in U.S. ...
Oct. 18, 2011
• By Judy Harrison • In Augusta, Bangor, Court News, News, Politics, State
