Are Any Plastics Safe? Industry Tries to Hide Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Bottles, Containers | Democracy Now!

Are Any Plastics Safe? Industry Tries to Hide Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Bottles, Containers | Democracy Now!

 Are you concerned about drinking or eating
from plastic containers? Do you feel that the plastic industry is lying
to you about the safety of its products?

Then don't miss this report today.

"In general, chemicals are presumed safe until proven otherwise under the U.S. regulatory system," explains Mother Jones
reporter Mariah Blake. "When a chemical like BPA is removed from a
production line, the industry will substitute another chemical that is
untested, and we really, in many cases, just don’t know the health
effects of that chemical."

 

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