Maine Pediatricians Send Pointed Letter to Governor on Administration’s BPA...
(AUGUSTA) With a critical Board of Environmental Protection meeting just one day away, the Governor and his administration continue to draw fire for their opposition to a citizen-initiated proposal to...
View ArticleBPA Ban Should Be Extended to Keep Children Safe
It’s tough to defend a recommendation favoring continued use of a harmful product in baby food packaging. And yet, that’s what the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, and the LePage...
View ArticleBoard of Environmental Protection Decides to Phase-out BPA in Baby Food
(AUGUSTA) The Maine Board of Environmental Protection held their final discussions this morning on the citizen-initiated proposal to replace the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, in infant formula, baby...
View ArticleMaine BEP Signals Approval for Limited BPA Phase-Out
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has signaled its approval for a phase-out of the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol-A - or BPA - from infant formula packaging and baby food. Emily Figdor...
View ArticleMaine Board Backs Ban on BPA in Baby Food Packaging
AUGUSTA — Maine's Board of Environmental Protection took a preliminary vote Thursday to ban sales of baby food and infant formula in containers made with the chemical additive bisphenol-A.If approved...
View ArticleState Environmental Board Backs Extending BPA Ban to Infant Formula, Baby...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the state’s Board of Environmental Protection voiced unanimous support Thursday for a measure extending Maine’s ban on the chemical bisphenol A to infant formula packaging...
View ArticleBoard Backs BPA Ban in Baby Food Packaging
AUGUSTA, Maine (News Center) -- Thursday, Maine Board of Environmental Protection unanimously supported extending a ban on the chemical bisphenol-A or BPA to infant formula packing and baby food...
View ArticleMaine Environmental Board Backs Limited BPA Ban
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has unanimously endorsed phasing-out the chemical bisphenol-A from infant formula packaging and baby food containers. This goes a step further than what...
View ArticleMaine Aims to Limit BPA in Baby Food, Formula
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Board of Environmental Protection says the toxic chemical bisphenol-A should be banned from baby food, as well as from infant formula.The board agreed Thursday with...
View ArticleEat Like a Mennonite
On the second day of my chemical-detox diet, I was very hungry. I’d been eating like a rabbit, all carrots and greens that I’d gathered, barehanded, from the baskets of the farmer’s market, no gloves...
View ArticleWarnings From a Flabby Mouse
ONE of the puzzles of the modern world is why we humans are growing so tubby. Maybe these two mice offer a clue. They’re genetically the same, raised in the same lab and given the same food and chance...
View ArticleEPA: Toxic Chemical Releases are Down in Region
BOSTON — The Environmental Protection Agency says the overall release of toxic chemicals to the environment decreased in New England in 2011, an improvement over the previous year.The EPA's latest...
View ArticleMaine Board OKs Ban on BPA in Baby Food, Formula Packaging
AUGUSTA — The Board of Environmental Protection Thursday unanimously approved a ban on bisphenol-A (BPA) in packaging for baby food and infant formula.The measure, which the board endorsed in a...
View ArticleBEP wise to protect Maine Babies from BPA, but a Loophole Remains
PORTLAND - I was pleased to read that at their meeting on Jan. 18, all members of Maine's Board of Environmental Protection indicated that they support changing Maine's rules to increase protections...
View ArticleNew Legislation Calls for Action to Protect Kids from the Most Dangerous...
(AUGUSTA) Last year, Maine named 49 Chemicals of High Concern, a list that identifies chemicals proven through strong, scientific evidence to cause cancer, reproductive problems, and hormone...
View ArticleMaine Bill Targets Chemicals in Food Packaging
The problem recently came to light when the state Board of Environmental Protection was unable to include toddler food packaging in a plan to phase out the hormone disrupting chemical bisphenol-A. In...
View ArticleTestimony in Opposition to LD 331, Resolve, To Expand Economic Development in...
Dear Senator Boyle, Representative Welsh and members of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee:I am the staff scientist with the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). NRCM is Maine’s...
View ArticleStatement In Support of LD 291—An Act to Transfer Responsibility for the...
Chairman Jackson, Chairman Dill, and members of the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. My name is Pete Didisheim. I am the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of...
View ArticleGoing Green for St. Patrick's Day
When I began working at NRCM more than 17 years ago, I had no knowledge of environmental issues other than the advice I had heard for years of, “Don’t litter,” and “Reduce, reuse, recycle.” I didn’t...
View ArticleOgunquit Could Be First Maine Municipality to Ban Pesticides
OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Select Board heard several proposals for ordinance changes at a meeting held Tuesday, March 19.Michael Horn, chair for the Conservation Commission, approached the board asking to...
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