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Archive for May 11th, 2008

Disposal of bisphenol A bottles becomes after-ban safety issue

Mountain Equipment Co-op, the trendy sporting-goods retailer, was the first company to pull polycarbonate plastic bottles from its shelves back in December.Now it has a problem: what to do with thousands of the bottles, made from bisphenol A, an estrogen-mimicking chemical that Health Canada and Environment Canada are proposing to add to the country’s list of toxic substances.

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Canada Could Ban Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, April 22, 2008 (ENS) - The Canadian government is asking for public comment on whether or not to ban the import, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottles than contain the chemical bisphenol A.

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