post-gazette.com: "The Rachel Carson Homestead Association today will ask Pittsburgh and Allegheny County leaders to support a ban on the synthetic chemical bisphenol-A found in plastic children's products like baby bottles, sippy cups, canned foods and drinks and some toys.
The ban would apply to all products that contain the endocrine-disrupting chemical commonly known as BPA that contacts the mouths of babies and young children.
Dr. Patricia DeMarco, Rachel Carson Homestead Association executive director, called for the ban and development of a substitute material without BPA's dangerous effects at the third annual Rachel Carson Legacy Conference titled 'When Chemicals Disrupt: Managing Our Risk' in the Bidwell Center on the North Side.
'The ban of BPA in children's products presents significant public safety issues which have not been solved in other venues,' said Dr. DeMarco. She said her association will convene a committee of business, academic and health professionals in Pittsburgh to provide recommendations for a BPA ban that can be practically and sustainably implemented."
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