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Ban The Use Of BPA

Sign a petition to your member of Congress and 20 of the biggest companies in the packaged food industry urging them to ban the use of BPA.

Overview

The soil underneath a local soccer field. The river that runs through the center of your town or city. The air circulating above a factory or industrial complex. The materials used to package our food. All are important components of our communities and are all extremely vulnerable to toxic contamination.

U.S. PIRG is running many successful campaigns to keep our communities safe. In Massachusetts, we’re championing the Safer Alternatives Initiative, a series of bills aimed at monitoring, reducing and replacing industrial toxics released into the state’s ground, air and water.

Elsewhere, in states like Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Washington, we’re leading state-based campaigns to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic sex hormone linked to developmental problems, heart disease and diabetes.

Currently BPA is used in food packaging like soup, baby bottles and fruit and vegetable cans. 

At the federal level, U.S. PIRG is backing the Ban Poisonous Additives Act (S. 593/H.R. 1523), which has as lead sponsors Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.).

There is simply no excuse, rationalization or justification to allow our toxic chemicals in the foods we eat and the products we buy for our children. That’s why we’re fighting to make sure our environment is safe, healthy and secure.