A study published last week in the online journal Environmental Health Perspectives has cast additional doubt on the FDA’s position that BPA (Bisphenol A) is safe. Canadian health authorities have already outlawed BPA, calling it a health and environmental hazard.
One of 2008’s top ten health stories continues to trouble consumers in 2009: the hazardous compound bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical component of plastics, which is widely found in consumer products like water bottles, food containers, baby bottles, and dental sealants. BPA is known to leach from these containers when food and drink is […]
The editors at WebMD have posted their list of top 10 health news stories from 2008. Salmonella in tomatoes was number one (even though it now appears that it wasn’t tomatoes and the tomato industry collapsed for no reason); the promise of healthcare reform placed second. Vitamin D was voted the hottest vitamin of 2008; […]
The topic of bisphenol A (BPA) regulation has been discussed in the September 9 and September 23 issues of Pulse of Health Freedom. Now thirty-six scientific advisers on an independent panel have concluded that the draft decision of the FDA on BPA used “unacceptable criteria for selecting data and depend(ed) heavily upon a key paper […]
As discussed in the 9/9/08 issue of Pulse of Health Freedom, the FDA has ignored other government experts and sided with industry on BPA, a widespread chemical that another government agency has deemed potentially dangerous. An important update to that story is the 9/16/08 Journal of the American Medical Association article linking BPA to both […]
Haven’t we heard this story before? The FDA is charged with regulating BPA (bisphenol A), a chemical found in plastic bottles, baby bottles, food cans, dental fillings, sealants, and cements. It knew that the government’s National Toxicology Program (another division of Health and Human Services) was about to issue a report and that Yale researchers […]
Apeel’s organic produce coatings may seem harmless, but hidden synthetic ingredients and transparency issues raise serious concerns about the erosion of true organic standards. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE When you see the word “organic” on your food, you might expect your food to be grown in harmony with nature, […]
Reach out to Congress with a simple message: we need to stop poisoning our children. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE Every day, millions of American children are exposed to harmful toxins in their school lunches — toxins that have been linked to cancer, neurological damage, liver disease, and […]
After a disappointing Supreme Court outcome on June 26, in which legal standing was refused so that the grounds of a landmark free speech on social media case could be ignored, the government is back to business as usual in colluding with Big Tech to censor us. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE Did you think things […]
The FDA has agreed to remove social media posts and webpages advising Americans not to take ivermectin for COVID. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE The FDA has settled a lawsuit heard in a southern Texas District Court brought by a group of doctors in 2022, alleging that the agency overstepped its authority and interfered with the […]