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Article: Washington Lobbyists Connive to Kill California Public Health Bill; Industry Hired Guns Plan to 'Manipulate the Legislative Process,' Deploy 'Fear Tactics' Targeting Young Mothers, Hispanics and African Americans.
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- AScribe Health News Service
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- June 1, 2009
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Byline: Environmental Working Group
OAKLAND, Calif., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Last Thursday, chemical and food industry lobbyists called an emergency brainstorming session to devise an attack plan to stop a California legislative proposal for a virtual ban on the toxic plastics chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in food and beverage containers for children 3 and under.
According to internal emails obtained by the Washington Post, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Environmental Working Group, Washington representatives of Coca-Cola, Alcoa, Del Monte, the American Chemistry Council, the North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Inc. and Grocery Manufacturers ...