Yes, we have that nice little widget over there that is getting a little attention these days. I personally thank everyone who has donated and wish everyone luck on the upcoming walk. The next little post has very little to do with Autism, but if you know anything about Autism, then you also know very little is known about what “causes” it. So read the below article and you tell me if things like this should be left to chance.
Isn’t there something wrong with our Country when China bans a chemical found in baby bottles and the liners of baby formula before we do? Canada is about too as well.
Is this, you conservatives out there, your idea of Free Market Capitalism? After a few million kids contract cancers, maybe become autistic and grow three legs from this stuff oozing out of their baby bottles another company will stop using the supposedly benign substance and the other companies will be forced to not use BPA or go out of business. Supply and Demand. Free market. woohooo.
Awesome! Who needs government regulation when the market will regulate itself?
Last month, in response to questions from lawmakers, the FDA said it had disregarded hundreds of government and academic studies about the cancer risks of BPA and used just two studies funded by the chemical industry to determine that the chemical is safe.
and It’s perfectly harmless…see:
Used in the production of plastic since the 1950s, BPA may be linked in laboratory animals to breast cancer, prostate cancer, early puberty in females and behavioral changes, according to the study released yesterday. It called for more research into the chemical’s health effects
Look, see, I told you! the system works!
The worries have been a boon for a two-year-old company, Born Free, that manufactures BPA-free baby bottles and sippy cups. The company can’t turn out bottles fast enough, and demand intensifies with new scientific studies.
“Every time there is a publication, after a few days, we’re out of stock,” said Gil Lemel, the company’s chief executive. “Every time we think we are better prepared, it never is enough. We make 80,000 bottles a day, and we have no inventory.”