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Political Science: BPA and the FDA

Thursday, January 7, 2010

The FDA will soon release its latest findings on the plastic-strengthening chemical, bisphenol A (BPA).  As I’ve written before, BPA’s supposed health risks have been highly publicized to the benefit of both businessmen and politicians-so much to their benefit, in fact, that it would be hard to believe all the rumors even if the FDA, [...]

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No on David Michaels: A Chance to Help Stop the Sale of Science

Monday, September 7, 2009

When scientific evidence becomes a commodity, it is cheapened and easily misused, making it difficult for anyone to sort life-saving facts from fiction.  Remember this story about the “scientifically based” scare tactics used to market Bisphenol A -free plastics?  Thanks to the efforts of Fenton Communications, the liberal marketing firm behind the “General Betray Us” [...]

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BPA: One less thing to worry about

Monday, July 20, 2009

Fear sells.  No one knows this better than advertisers, whose aggressive marketing content is unconsciously absorbed by millions of consumers who don’t - or can’t - think critically about what advertisers tell them.
That’s why it’s such a shame when advertisers and marketing firms invent false crises in order to exploit these unprepared consumers.  BPA-free baby [...]

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