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Article: Shady Chemical Industry Campaign Kills California Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles.
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
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- August 30, 2008
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Byline: Environmental Working Group
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bowing to a deceptive, no-holds-barred campaign by the chemical industry, the California State Assembly has failed to approve a bill that would have made the state the first in the nation to remove the toxic endocrine disruptor BPA from baby bottles and children's drinking cups.
By a 35-30 vote on Friday, the last day of the two-year legislative session, Assembly members rejected Senate Bill 1713 by Sen. Carole Migden of San Francisco, which was sponsored by Environmental Working Group (EWG). Fifteen members of the Assembly were either absent or deliberately did not ...