March, 2010 was historic for two states when both Wisconsin and Washington State Governors signed into law bills that seek to eliminate the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles, sippy cups, and other children’s products.
With recent news of excessive, harmful radiation from medical imaging procedures, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced on February 9, 2010 an initiative to decrease unnecessary exposure from computed tomography (CT) scans, nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy. These contribute substantially to total radiation exposure, with much higher radiation than standard and dental X-rays, and mammography.
