Little beards

From: Ken Cook, EWG Action Fund
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:15 AM

Dear Friend, It's unbelievable that with all that we know about bisphenol A, Maine's Governor Paul LePage is justifying his opposition to banning the chemical from baby bottles by making a lame joke. The Bangor Daily News quotes Gov. LePage as saying: "The only thing that I've heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards." Little beards? Gov. LePage seems to have missed the more than 200 studies linking this plastics component and synthetic estrogen to serious health problems such as prostate and breast cancer, infertility, early puberty and brain and heart disorders. He also apparently missed the research showing serious and lasting changes in the brains and bodies of fetal and newborn test animals. EWG Action Fund plans to send Gov. LePage a reality check regarding information about the latest research on the dangers of BPA. Will you join us? Click here to sign onto EWG Action Fund's reality check made out to Governor LePage, sending him the real science about BPA. Thank you for standing with EWG Action Fund and putting sound science before punchlines. Sincerely, Ken Cook President, EWG Action Fund The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect human health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund is a legislative advocacy organization that uses EWG research to promote healthy and sustainable policies. HEADQUARTERS 1436 U St. NW, Suite 101 | Washington, DC 20009 | (202) 667-6982

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