California Delays BPA Warning Rules, Fearing They Could Scare Away Shoppers

March 30th, 2016

Via: AP:

California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday.

Instead, the state on May 11 will require stores to post general warnings at checkout counters about the dangers of BPA and note that some canned and bottled products being sold have liners with the toxic chemical.

The decision and rationale of the California Environmental Protection Agency are angering some community and public-health groups.

It’s “ridiculous. It’s paternalistic,” said Martha Dina Arguello, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles. “I just can’t imagine that it’s a better idea not to let us know what’s in our food.”

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One Response to “California Delays BPA Warning Rules, Fearing They Could Scare Away Shoppers”

  1. tal says:
    March 31, 2016 at 1:32 pm

    Chemical used to replace BPA in plastic accelerates embryonic development, disrupts reproductive system
    UCLA-led research highlights some harmful effects of BPS, a common substitute for BPA

    http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/chemical-used-to-replace-bpa-in-plastic-accelerates-embryonic-development-disrupts-reproductive-system

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