Posts with Category: Press

Advocates Sue FDA to force decision on cancer-causing chemicals in popular foods

Today a coalition of health, consumer and environmental advocacy organizations including BCPP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit aimed at forcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide whether to prohibit seven cancer-causing artificial chemicals from use in food as flavors. These chemicals have been used in beverages, baked goods, candy, chewing gum, and ice cream.

H.R. 2576 Statement of Opposition

Enormous effort and resources were committed to making this legislation better, but still could not accomplish all that was needed to ensure, in the end, that public health will trump chemical industry profit.

Mammograms: Are We Asking the Wrong Question?

Final recommendations released today by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force echo those in 2009 that moved the beginning age for annual mammograms from 40 to 50 and started a national conversation that ignited fear and confusion in women across the country.

TSCA Reform Not Good Enough

United State Senate just passed legislation amending the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the first time since the original bill became law in 1976.

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