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1st Ward Alderman Manny Flores and 14th Ward Alderman Ed Burke are calling for a citywide ban on Bisphenol A, or BPA, an industrial chemical commonly found in plastics. Recent scientific studies, including work by the National Toxicology Program have raised concerns about the health hazards associated with the chemical. While the NTP report on BPA cited “some concern for neural and behavioral effects on fetuses, infants and children at current exposures,” and expressed concern for BPA exposure in these populations based on effects in the prostate, mammary gland and an earlier age for puberty in females, the FDA is saying that plastic bottles are safe.
“Now that the City Council has become acutely aware of these harmful chemicals in frequently used products, we must act to protect children from BPA,” said Flores. Burke is calling on local businesses to voluntarily remove products with BPA from their shelves. “I commend those businesses that are acting to protect the health of their customers,” he said. Whole Foods Market has phased out all products containing BPA, and Wal-Mart says its baby bottles will be BPA-free by early 2009. The committees on Finance and License and Consumer Protection will host a joint hearing at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8 to consider the ordinance, which makes it illegal sell any children’s product that contains a detectable amount of Bisphenol A within the City of Chicago. If passed, violators would face fines ranging from $100 to $500 per offense and possible license revocation.
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Here is something your readers, as well as the constituents of Flores and Burke, may not realize. BPA is in cosmetic dental fillings. The only way to avoid BPA in one’s mouth for 24 hours a day is to have all the composite fillings replaced by silver fillings. However, silver fillings release mercury, and many people have recently had them replaced with composite fillings.
People should not become too upset over the problem because the FDA is studying both amalgam fillings and BPA. In a year, it could be illegal for dentists to fill teeth in the US. Don’t you find that interesting?
These bottles are SAFE. They have been evaluated by the FDA. The amount of BPA released is so low as to be irrelevant.
This is another example of aldermen getting involved with anything other than their REAL duty.
Burke's sleazy grandstanding is nothing new. As for Flores, either he has been snookered by an influential donor or he is doing some grandstanding himself.
just because the fda deems something safe, doesn't make it so
also, what is the alderman's real duty? what is sleazy about this? seems to me, that if the federal and state governments do nothing about a potentially harmsful issue, local government can and should.
It's easy to explain the aldercreatures' real duty.
Just look at everything that have done since Richard M. Daley took office.
Then imagine the exact opposite of that and you have your answer.