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Public Policy Links and Resources

 

2010 Resolution: Human Exposure to bisphenol A.pdf

(voted and approved 6/26/10 at American Association of FCS Senate)

(voted and approved 2/25/10 at Alabama Association of FCS Business Meeting)

View or download resource PowerPoint

Bisphenol A Information:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, Fact Sheet. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/BisphenolA_FactSheet.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, Fact Sheet.  Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/data_tables/BisphenolA_ChemicalInformation.html

Concern over canned foods.  Consumer Reports, December 2009Retrieved from http://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-living/health-safety/bpa/overview/bisphenol-a-ov.htm

Endocrine Society’s Scientific Statement http://www.endo-society.org/journals/ScientificStatements/upload/EDC_Scientific_Statement.pdf

NIEHS Director’s Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100225/Birnbaum.Testimony.pdf

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program. (2010). Bisphenol A Fact Sheet.  Retrieved from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/docs/bpa-factsheet.pdf

National Toxicology Program Speaks on BPA (MP3 format) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/media/questions/sya-bpa.cfm

National Toxicology Program – Center For The Evaluation of Risks To Human Reproduction September 2008 http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/evals/bisphenol/bisphenol.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Update on Bisphenol A for Use in Food Contact Applications: January 2010.  Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm197739.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U. S. Food and Drug Administration Transcript for FDA Stakeholder Meeting on BPA January 2010 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/NewsEvents/Newsroom/MediaTranscripts/UCM198161.pdf

 

Visit the AAFCS Public Policy page to find other resources such as  
  • Civic Engagement Strategies
  • Financial Fitness and Obesity Public Policy Deliberation Guides
  • AAFCS Public Policy Toolkit with sample letters to Congress
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