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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2008
4:15 PM

CONTACT: Environmental Working Group (EWG)
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Chemical Industry Wrote FDA’s Glowing Assessment of BPA

Chemical Lobby Admits Involvement in Drafting Agency’s Position

WASHINGTON - October 23 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that internal documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that an agency task force assessment of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) "was written largely by the plastics industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical."

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Posted in Public Health/Safety, Regulation

Predatory Scapegoating

Some three weeks before New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign his office in disgrace (sex! scandal! floozies!), he published an op-ed in the Washington Post. Titled "Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime: How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers," the piece expressed Spitzer's concern that for several years there had been a marked increase in predatory lending practices, including distortion of terms, surprise balloon payments, hidden fees and deceptive "teaser" rates.

Posted in Economy/Trade, financial crisis, Politics, Public Health/Safety, Regulation
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