Tag: hormone
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EPA Special Communications Committee to Address Food Safety Concerns
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reportedly created a special communications committee to address food safety concerns related to dioxin. According to a January 15, 2010, Inside EPA article, a forthcoming EPA reassessment is expected to identify dioxin “as highly toxic and bioaccumulative with most exposure occurring through the food supply.” The agency apparently undertook…
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CPC Applauds Ban of rBGH Milk and Adulterated Meat
The Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) is praising a recent policy statement issued by the American Public Health Association’s Governing Council, opposing the continued sale and use of genetically engineered hormonal rBGH milk and meat adulterated with sex hormones. CPC is a Chicago-based, non-profit, public-health advocacy organization. Samuel Epstein, CPC chair and professor emeritus of Environmental…
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Danish EPA Publishes Report on Endocrine Disruptors in Consumer Products
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has published a survey and health assessment examining the exposure of 2-year-olds to chemical substances in consumer products. The report apparently focused on endocrine disruptors, including phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA), found not only in general consumer products but specifically in food products and food contact materials. The study apparently…
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Minnesota and Chicago Ban BPA in Baby Bottles
Minnesota and Chicago have reportedly become the first state and municipality to prohibit the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic food and beverage containers intended for children ages 3 or younger. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) recently signed legislation (H.F. 326) that would prohibit the sale of these products in the state as of…
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Kansas Senate Will Not Override Veto of Milk Hormone Bill
The Kansas Senate will apparently not try to override former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’s veto of a bill that would have required a disclaimer on dairy products made without artificial growth hormones. Sebelius, recently confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, vetoed the bill in late April 2009 reportedly because it would have…
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Kansas Governor Urged to Veto Milk Hormone Bill
The Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) has urged Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kansas) to veto a bill passed by the Kansas Legislature on April 3, 2009, that restricts U.S. dairies from labeling their milk products free from genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH or rbST). Sebelius, who is vying to become the new U.S. Secretary of…
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General Mills’ Yoplait® to Use Milk from rBST-Free Cows
General Mills has announced that as of August 2009, its Yoplait® products will no longer contain milk produced by cows treated with synthetic growth hormone (rBST or rBGH). Although the artificial hormone increases a cow’s milk production by one gallon per day, its use has drawn criticism from environmental and consumer advocates who fear the…
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Beef Hormone Dispute Headed to WTO
The European Commission has reportedly indicated that it will file a World Trade Organization (WTO) challenge to the U.S. decision to impose new tariffs on European Union (EU) products involved in sanctions stemming from a dispute over beef hormones. The EU has banned hormone-treated beef since the early 1980s, and the WTO ruled in 1998…