Support Little Beard Day

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https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155547247836290

After our new right-wing so-called governor Paul LePage declared there was no need to ban BPA 'cause it posed no danger except maybe making women grow little beards, almost 2,000 Mainers signed up on Facebook to celebrate his wisdom. Photos of hundreds of good-natured, hairy-faced women - along with a bunch of guys, kids and dogs - here.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o.155547247836290

http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/02/22/health/gov-lepage-dismisses-dangers-of-bpa/?ref=relatedBox

In his comments last week, LePage said he has yet to see enough science to support a ban on BPA, a common additive to plastics that some research suggests may interfere with hormone levels and could cause long-term problems. LePage said until scientists can prove BPA is harmful, the state should not rush to restrict its use.

“Quite frankly, the science that I’m looking at says there is no ,” (Maine Gov.) LePage said. “There hasn’t been any science that identifies that there is a problem.”

LePage then added: “The only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.”...

...“BPA is one of the most well-studied chemicals, and it is just ludicrous to ignore the science,” said Susan Shaw, a toxicologist at the Marine Environmental Research Institute who has been studying the effects of toxics on humans and animals for more than three decades. “There is a large body of evidence about the hazards of BPA that is irrefutable.”...

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