Kids and chemicals
Support the BPA-Free Kids Act (S.753)
Despite objections from the chemical industry, most scientific studies show that Bisphenol-A (BPA) may pose major health risks, such as breast and prostate cancer, reproductive system abnormalities and a host of developmental problems in the womb and early childhood. Concerns about exposure early in a child’s life also extend to early onset of puberty in females and obesity.
BPA may pose major health risks because it mimics estrogen, affecting reproduction and neural development. Infants and toddlers have the highest risk because they have the highest level of exposure at a time when risks to reproduction and neural development are the greatest.
BPA is used in a wide range of products and consumables, despite scientific studies that demonstrate the harm to our health and the health of our nation’s children. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 95 percent of Americans tested have BPA levels at or above levels that cause abnormalities in animals.
This is the same chemical used in the plastic reuseable water bottles we all replaced a year or so ago. So why is it still being used in baby bottles? It’s time that we stop exposing our children and ourselves to this toxic chemical.
On Sunday, Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand from New York introduced a new bill that would prohibit the manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers for infants and toddlers that are made of BPA. This bill could come to a vote before the holiday recess, so don’t delay.
Tell your senators to support the BPA-Free Kids Act, and stop the manufacture and sale of food and beverage containers for infants and toddlers that are made of BPA!
