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June 22, 2010

Lawmakers honored for helping pass BPA ban

Some local health and consumer groups are presenting two lawmakers with a "Children's Health Advocate of the Year" award for their work in passing a ban on bisphenol-A, or BPA, from baby bottles and sippy cups.

Maryland PIRG, Maryland Nurses Association, Black Nurses Association and MomsRising.org plan to present the award today at 11 a.m. on Lawyers' Mall in Annapolis to Sen. Brian Frosh, a Montgomery County Democrat, and Del. James Hubbard, a Prince George's Democrat, for their efforts.

They helped the state become the fourth state to restrict the use of the chemical BPA.

The chemical has been linked to several problems with miscarriage, early puberty, birth defects and cancer. The federal government is currently studying the issue but has not acted, prompting several states to take action.

The bills are HB 33 and SB 213, signed by Gov. O’Malley on April 13.

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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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