BPA-free

Leading brand name food and beverage companies, including those who make Healthy Choice and Chef Boyardee, have begun phasing out the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) amid growing consumer and regulatory concern about the health risk it poses, a new report says. The report, by...

Bisphenol A, a harmful chemical commonly found in canned foods and cash register receipts, has been officially declared a toxic substance in Canada. The designation, ending years of opposition by the chemical industry, was hailed as a victory by environmental groups in the country, and could set...

Cash register receipts issued by several major retailers -- Walmart, McDonalds, Safeway, even Whole Foods -- contain the controversial plastic chemical bisphenol A, adding to an increasing number of ways the substance comes in contact with the public, says an environmental advocacy...