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Appleton Responds To Questions About Safety of BPA Free Thermal Paper

9:30 am in bisphenol a, bpa, Food & Health by TreeHugger

appleton-fiber.jpg Image credit Appleton I recently quoted from Dominique Browning's article in the New York Times about substitutes for Bisphenol A. Browning suggested that Appleton's BPA free thermal paper was made with a substitute, Bisphenol S, that was not yet sufficiently tested and that, in "a few, limited tests," showed "estrogenic activity -- not as strong as BPA, but not a good sign." I asked Appleton for their response, which they promptly provided. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Banning BPA Is One Thing, But What About Its Replacements?

9:05 am in bisphenol a, bpa, Food & Health, new york times by TreeHugger

via internet food health Dominique Browning writes an important article in the New York Times about the problem of getting rid of Bisphenol A (BPA) but replacing it with alternatives that may not be any better, or in fact might be worse. For example, TreeHugger has written positively about Appleton's BPA-free thermal paper for reciepts; in fact, Browning writes that we may just be substituting one risk for another. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Real Reason Why Coca-Cola Isn’t Ditching Bisphenol A

12:16 pm in bisphenol a, bpa, chemical sensitivity, fast company, Food & Health, food safety by TreeHugger

coke bottles in case The real answer to BPA. Image credit havankevin CC Ariel Schwartz writes at Fast Company: Why Coca-Cola Isn't Ditching BPA, the chemical that has been linked everything from breast cancer in women to breast growth on men, noting that "the stuff is really bad for you." She quotes a company spokesman, who, defending their use of BPA, says "this doesn't mean the company isn't exploring alternatives, but [he] emphasized the beverage giant isn't in the packaging business and takes it...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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