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Unsafe at any sip: Washington babies lose

— filed under: BPA, Chemical Industry, bisphenol A, 2009 Leg Session
By Heidi Siegelbaum
The Greenwash Brigade
May 07, 2009

Why did Wal-Mart undermine Washington State's proposed ban on bisphenol A in baby bottles?

 

The puzzle is why did Wal-Mart submit an amendment to the Washington State legislature to permit what’s called a “de minimus” (teensy weensy) amount of BPA in baby bottles that is thousands of times higher than levels where we see adverse health effects?

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