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Ban Toxic Plastic Chemical BPA from Food & Drink Containers
- Posted to Stop Plastic Pollution by Michaelanne Petrella
To: US FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D.
The US Food and Drug Administration must completely ban BPA.
The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to cancer and other diseases, yet we are continually exposed to it in our daily lives. The FDA must seriously consider the dangerous effects of BPA and do what is right for the heath and...
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The FDA has banned BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups, protecting some of the most vulnerable people in the US from its toxic effects. However, BPA is in many other products that children and adults come into contact with everyday. Why, if we know that this chemical is harmful, would we permit our citizens to be exposed to it?
Jeanne Rizzo, a registered nurse, President and CEO of Breast Cancer Fund, and one of the co-sponsors of this petition said this about BPA:
"If BPA were being studied as a pharmaceutical drug, it's highly doubtful, given its interaction with animals, that it would make it into a clinical trial with humans. It wouldn't make it into a clinical trial, and yet we're already in a clinical trial and we're all the subjects..." (Forbes, December 2011).
Impact on Our Health
The chemical additive BPA is an endocrine disruptor and can be found in plastic, plastic water bottles, in epoxy resins used to coat the inside food and drinks cans, dental fillings and sealants, and even paper receipts. BPA has been linked to a variety of diseases including:
- Autism
- Prostate and breast cancers
- Attention disorder
- ADHD
- Erectile dysfunction
- Heart disease in women
- Depression
- Learning disorders
- Asthma
- Obesity
- Type-2 diabetes
- Infertility
That's just the beginning. In some cases BPA has been studied and found to decrease the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Babies and young children are reportedly especially sensitive to the harmful effects of BPA. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found BPA in 95% of adult human urine samples and 93% of samples in children. A new study released says that BPA levels in kids is linked to risk for heart and kidney damage. In a nutshell, BPA is toxic and we shouldn't be exposed to it.
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The US FDA has the power to act on behalf of the health and safety of the American people. By banning BPA from all food and drink products and packages, the Dr. Hamburg, the head of the FDA, can protect Americans from unwittingly consuming a dangerous chemical. Please sign this petition and get your networks involved to urge the FDA to completely ban BPA.
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It is a pitty I have to give Causes access to my facebook account to be able to sign this petition! This way I cannot sign :-(
give access once and then remove, I did the same.
TO CAUSES....if you did not require ppl to give you access to their pages/info you'd get a LOT more signers/responses!
Signed tired for the night safe life too for they are in the water every wehere here.
gladly signed
Okay everyone, We know that the Government agencies that are payed for by yours and my taxes are actually making copious amounts of their money from the very companies they are supposedly protecting the American people from! As we have all been affected by Teflon, and it is supposed that every man, women, and child now has it in their bloodstream! I think we need to go after the government agencies that are duplicitous, and clean house. We need honorable ethical people who want to keep Americans safe from companies that would and
Tras ser desafiada y solicitada por el NRDC, la FDA ha prohibido el BPA de los biberones y tazas para bebés. Sin embargo, el BPA se encuentra en muchos otros productos que los niños entran en contacto con. Los adultos, a su vez, están todavía en contacto con BPA con regularidad.
Jeanne Rizzo, una enfermera registrada, Presidente y CEO del Fondo de Cáncer de Mama, y uno de los co-patrocinadores de esta * petición dijo lo siguiente sobre BPA: "Si el BPA se está estudiando como un producto...
…Tras ser desafiada y solicitada por el NRDC, la FDA ha prohibido el BPA de los biberones y tazas para bebés. Sin embargo, el BPA se encuentra en muchos otros productos que los niños entran en contacto con. Los adultos, a su vez, están todavía en contacto con BPA con regularidad.
Jeanne Rizzo, una enfermera registrada, Presidente y CEO del Fondo de Cáncer de Mama, y uno de los co-patrocinadores de esta * petición dijo lo siguiente sobre BPA: "Si el BPA se está estudiando como un producto farmacéutico, es muy dudoso, dada su interacción con animales, que lo hacen en un ensayo clínico con seres humanos. No sería convertirlo en un ensayo clínico, y sin embargo, ya estamos en un ensayo clínico y que somos todos los temas... " (Forbes, diciembre de 2011).
* Echa un vistazo a la lista completa de las celebridades y activistas que han copatrocinado esta petición al ver el segundo video anterior.
Impacto en nuestra salud.
El aditivo químico BPA es un disruptor endocrino y se puede encontrar en botellas de plástico, plástico de agua, en las resinas epoxi utilizadas para recubrir el interior de los alimentos y de latas de bebidas, los empastes dentales y selladores, y recibos. BPA se ha relacionado con una variedad de enfermedades incluyendo:
Autismo.
Atención trastorno TDAH.
La disfunción eréctil.
Las enfermedades del corazón en las mujeres.
Depresión.
Trastornos del aprendizaje.
Asma.
Obesidad.
La diabetes tipo 2.
Esterilidad.
Las personas expuestas a BPA se informan que tienen un mayor riesgo de desarrollar cánceres de próstata y de mama, y en algunos casos BPA se ha estudiado y encontrado que disminuye la eficacia de la quimioterapia. Los bebés y los niños pequeños son especialmente sensibles a los informes, los efectos nocivos del BPA. A los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de estudio (CDC) encontró BPA en el 95% de los adultos de muestras de orina humana y el 93% de las muestras en los niños. Un nuevo estudio publicado indica que los niveles de BPA en los niños está relacionada con el riesgo para el corazón y daño renal. Los estudios también han encontrado que tanto los niveles altos y bajos niveles de BPA están vinculadas a enfermedad dañina.
Tomar medidas
La FDA de los EE.UU. debe actuar en nombre de la salud y la seguridad de los ciudadanos y deben anillar BPA de todos los productos alimenticios y bebidas y paquetes, ya que está vinculado a una variedad de enfermedades dañinas y se utiliza en muchos productos, sin el conocimiento de los consumidores usarlos. Firma la petición e instamos a la FDA para prohibir completamente BPA.
Si callas te haces cómplice¡¡¡DENUNCIA!!!! hasta erradicar lo perjudicial e incorrecto de nuestras costumbres...¡denuncia!
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We also need to add Endometriosis to the list as well, research is showing a link with this disease.
C'est signé!
Looking at this list we all suffer from one or more of the following issues in one form or anothr.
BPA has been linked to a variety of diseases including:
Autism
Attention disorder ADHD.
Erectile dysfunction
Heart disease in women.
Depression
Learning disorders
Asthma
Obesity
Type-2 diabetes
Infertility
SIGNED! FIRMATO, Grazie!