At the Wellfleet Transfer Station, there’s a place for hazardous waste.
We can now dispose of old televisions and computers, which contain flame retardants. There's a place for old tires. Plastics, glass, and cardboard are also collected for recycling. What about the BPA in soup cans, which get thrown into the same container as plastics? Do the empty cans still contain BPA in their liners, or has the poor unwitting and hungry Wellfleetian already consumed the chemical along with his soup?There has been a lot of news recently about BPA. As I reported in an earlier post, this chemical is dangerous, despite what the American Chemical Council maintains. Now Governor Deval Patrick is moving forward on banning its use in baby bottles here in Massachusetts. Great news, but Bisphenol-A needs to be banned completely by the Federal government. There’s growing evidence that BPA may cause asthma, as well as disrupting development of the endocrine system. (Hat tip to Paul!) Another reader sent word of a California company, called Life Factory, that makes BPA-free beverage containers, as well as baby bottles. (Thanks, Elise!)
Together lets visualize a BPA-free world. Do not underestimate the value of spreading ideas through the Internet and the power of positive thinking. Fellow blogger Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell blogged about this last week. One of the things her guest, Marcia Layton Turner, said: "It’s really all about focus. Showing your brain an image of what you want triggers a focus that can lead to success if you pay attention. Images are much more powerful than words alone." Check out Kerri's blog, Living Large in Our Little House and visualize a BPA-free world ...
