BPA ban to become law without LePage’s signature

[Maine-ah]

Source: BDN

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s ban against products made with the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2012. Because Gov. Paul LePage has neither signed nor vetoed the measure in the ten days since it garnered near-unanimous support from Maine lawmakers, it will become law 90 days after the legislative session adjourns on June 15.

Under a process laid out by the Maine Board of Environmental Protection and strongly endorsed by the Maine Legislature, manufacturers of reusable food and beverage containers will be prohibited from selling products made with BPA in Maine beginning next January.

Legislators endorsed the ban earlier this month with a unanimous vote in the Senate and a 145-3 vote in the House. The bill then was sent to the governor’s office to be signed by LePage, who had expressed opposition to the measure and drew broad criticism for joking that BPA poses little threat to public health, except possibly promoting the growth of “little beards” on women.

In a growing body of scientific evidence, exposure to BPA is associated with learning disabilities, reproductive disorders, cancer and obesity. Because the chemical can mimic or disrupt hormones, critics claim it is especially dangerous for children.

Read more: http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/22/health/bpa-ban-to-become-law-without-lepage%E2%80%99s-signature/

[SkyDaddy7]

1. Excellent! However, it shows how adverse...

Some Republicans are to common sense regulations...He did not want his signature on it but knew they probably had enough votes to override his veto. I assume they can do that in Maine.

[valerief]

2. Now, make it a national ban. nt

[Devil_Fish]

3. K&R. Needs to be national & Global NT

[RBInMaine]

4. No worries. LePUKE's party will pay the price anyway in 2012 and he's a one-termer BIGTIME.

[jpak]

5. Maine to LePage - "kiss my butt"

Awwww poor widdle LePage - he won't get to see women "grow little beards".

dumbass

yup

[freshwest]

6. My source list for avoiding it:

http://organicgrace.com/node/316

[Igel]

7. Any comments on the latest study?

It seems to have barely been noticed by anybody against BPAs, which includes most people even to the right of Darth Vader. It was a large metastudy done by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Toxikologie.

It found the entire problem to be pretty much experimental and methodological error, compounded with a fair portion of "I want it to be so."

The problem with simply ignoring stuff that isn't liked is that there's no rebuttal to it. Unless, of course, it's ignored because there isn't any decent rebuttal.