(WIREUPDATE) — From the office GOP Leader Congressman John Boehner: Saddled with promoting unpopular policies that are piling up more debt on our kids and grandkids but aren’t creating the jobs he promised, President Obama – who famously promised to change the tone in Washington – said today in Ohio that Republicans were part of [...]

(WIREUPDATE) — From the office of Congressman Geoff Davis: America is at a crossroads.  Some in Congress are fighting to establish a fiscally responsible budget.  However, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Barack Obama continue offering more spending, more taxes and more debt, with assurances that this out of control spending and taxing will pay off. [...]

(WIREUPDATE) — From the office of Congressman J. Randy Forbes "Last week we recognized National Women’s Health Week. As such, I want to share a resource with you from the federal government source for women’s health information, womenshealth.gov. The Interactive Screening Guide allows you to print a screening chart for several areas of personal wellness, [...]

(WIREUPDATE) – A study released on Tuesday reports that the everyday consumption of canned foods causes that people may be routinely exposed to the chemical bisphenol A(BPA). Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, is widely used in plastics and as lining for cans (silver linings). It has been discovered recently that such silver lining mimic [...]

(WIREUPDATE) — A new study suggests that men who consume Viagra could be at risk for long-term hearing loss. The study was released by researcher Gerald McGwin, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. In the study of over 11,525 men over 40, those who took Viagra [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – A new report was released on Tuesday, which states that common canned foods contain high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), the National Workgroup for Safe Markets said.

Senator Diane Feinstein, along with environmental health advocates, stood on Capitol Hill and announced the alarming levels of BPA in everyday canned foods, which expose U.S. families to a synthetic sex hormone, and has been linked to cancer, abnormal behavior, diabetes and heart disease, infertility, developmental and reproductive harm, and obesity.

The study, entitled “No Silver Lining”, tested food from 50 cans, including brand name fish, fruits, vegetables, beans, soups, tomato products, sodas, and milks, which encompass everyday food sources. The cans were taken from 19 different U.S. states and one Canadian province and examined for BPA contamination. Over 90% of the cans tested had detectable levels of BPA, some at higher levels than have been detected in previous studies.

“We commissioned this study to see what levels might be consumed from canned foods consumed by millions of Americans everyday,” explains Mia Davis from Clean Water Action.

Even small amounts of BPA have been found extremely harmful, and levels in canned food were found to be the same or similar to levels of BPA found in the urine of over 90% of Americans by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and cord blood of newborn babies. Governments and brand names must take quick and effective actions for the safety of North American consumers.

“General Mills announced it is removing BPA from its organic tomatoes’ cans, so we know that companies that want to do the right thing, will, but we need the FDA to commit to an outright ban protect consumers,” Mike Schade from Center for Health, Environment & Justice, said.

“BPA in canned foods is just one of thousands of ways we are exposed to dangerous chemicals in everyday products,” Andy Igrejas, with Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, representing 200 environmental and public health groups, noted. “The proposed Safe Chemicals Act needs to be strengthened and passed so that people, especially children, are not bombarded with such hazards.”

Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Vermont, along with three counties in New York and the City of Chicago have already banned BPA from baby bottles and children’s sippy cups, but only Connecticut and Vermont restrict the use of BPA in cans of baby food.

Denmark has recently become the first country to enact a BPA ban and Canada has banned BPA in baby bottles while the French Senate is working to impose restrictions. Japan asked manufacturers for voluntary restriction of BPA from canned food in 1998 and saw a decline in their population’s levels of contamination.

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San Diego, CA. – Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), presented the Obama Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy at the National Methamphetamine Pharmaceuticals Initiative (NMPI) annual conference in San Diego, California. Director Kerlikowske was joined by William Blair, President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police/Toronto Police Chief, and experts [...]

BOSTON (WIREUPDATE.COM) — A new study by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has discovered that eating bacon, sausage, hot dogs, and other processed meats – but not unprocessed red meats – can raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes. The study was published on Monday. The study found that eating such processed [...]

WASHINGTON (WIREUPDATE.COM) — The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has announced it has opened an investigation into the recall of liquid Tylenol and other children’s medications, according to the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this month, McNeil Consumer Healthcare’s Johnson & Johnson subsidiary recalled more than four dozen liquid formulations of infant and [...]