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2010-03-03
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On March 3, Governor Doyle signed the BPA Free Kids Act into law, making Wisconsin the third state in the nation to ban the toxic chemical, bisphenol-A (BPA), from children’s products. | |
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2010-02-17
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On February 16, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed SB271, the BPA Free Kids Act, making Wisconsin the third state in the country to take action on the toxic chemical commonly found in children’s products. | |
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2010-01-26
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On January 26, the Wisconsin State Senate unanimously passed legislation that will ban the sale and manufacture of baby bottles and sippy cups containing toxic bisphenol-A (BPA) in Wisconsin. The Assembly Consumer Protection Committee also unanimously passed the Assembly companion bill, AB405. | |
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2010-01-20
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On January 20, the Senate Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection Committee unanimously voted in support of SB271, the BPA Free Kids Act, which would ban toxic BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups made and sold in Wisconsin. | |
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2010-01-15
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In an announcement today, the Food and Drug Administration registered concern about the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), commonly found in baby bottles and sippy cups, for “the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children.” | |
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2009-11-10
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Today, the Senate Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection Committee held a public hearing on SB271, the BPA Free Kids Act, which would ban the sale and manufacture of BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups in Wisconsin. | |
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2009-06-10
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Responding to the increasingly recognized dangers of bisphenol-A (BPA), an industrial chemical used in many children’s products, state Senator Julie Lassa and state Representative Kelda Roys circulated among colleagues legislation today that will protect children from the toxic chemical. The legislation bans the manufacture and sale of BPA in children’s bottles and sippy cups. | |
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2009-03-11
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Despite label claims like “gentle” and “pure,” dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, according to new report and product tests released today by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and WISPIRG. The chemicals were not disclosed on product labels because contaminants are exempt from labeling laws. | |
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2007-08-01
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Pulp and paper mills that use chlorine or chlorine dioxide to whiten paper needlessly endanger more than 5.7 million people, according to a new report released today by WISPIRG. | |
