Tell Congress To Keep Toxic Chemicals Out Of Everyday Products

From Consumers Union:

Potentially harmful chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is in the blood of 93 percent of Americans aged 6 and older and enters infants through baby bottles. Studies have shown that BPA -- which is used to make plastics such as hard, clear plastic baby bottles -- may lead to breast and prostate cancer, obesity, reproductive system abnormalities and, in infants, developmental problems.

Canada has already banned BPA from baby bottles. The U.S. Congress should do the same, plus more: BPA is also found in items ranging from food packaging and water bottles to dental sealants.

From witnessing the effects of BPA in experiments, scientists believe this is a toxin the government cannot ignore. Congress needs to act to eliminate this potential health threat before it's too late. Tell Congress to ban BPA and any other potentially harmful chemical from products that serve as gateways to our bodies.

Read my previous blog on this very topic, "We Are Walking Bags of Toxic Chemicals".

You can learn a lot about the priorities of a country by whether they care more about consumer safety or corporate profits. In Canada, they care about their citizens, so they ban things like this. In the US, they care more about corporate profit than protecting their citizens, even babies, thus we have tons of toxic chemicals in our products that have been banned in Europe and Canada because they've been shown to harm people. It's all about priorities, and our country is an embarrassment. Even China (toxic waste dump), Romania and Mexico have banned this stuff. Read more about it here.