California’s Unclaimed Bottle Refunds Create Green Jobs
SACRAMENTO, California, December 30, 2008 (ENS) – Unclaimed refund pennies on aluminum, glass and plastic beverage containers purchased in California that end up in the trash instead of the recycling bin amount to millions of dollars. These funds are now being used to underwrite recycling projects across the state. The California Department of Conservation has [...]
Read More »Bisphenol A Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2008 (ENS) – For the first time, scientists have linked higher concentrations of the chemical bisphenol A in human urine with diagnoses of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Bisphenol A is widely used in epoxy resins lining food and beverage containers and in hard plastic baby bottles and drinking water bottles. Evidence [...]
Read More »Hard Plastic Baby Bottles Leach Toxic Chemical
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, February 15, 2008 (ENS) – A harmful chemical found in 90 percent of plastic baby bottles sold in Canada leaches into the infant formula, milk or other liquids being drunk by babies, according to a new study released by Environmental Defence, a nonprofit organization based in Toronto. The chemical, bisphenol A, is [...]
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