bpa

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Watch BPA get taken seriously now

BPA partially banned in Canadahttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/_2008/2008_59-eng.phpLegislation passed by those eeee.v.i.l. conservatives...Great, new tort for trial lawyers...I was wondering what the class action lawyers were going after next, since those asbestos commercials seem to be running their course, and all the tobacco money has dried up.There is another factor that is about...

Tags: Vertical industries, tort, BPA, class action

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Labels that lie, or perhaps elide a bit

It's time for a clever cleantech company to make a home testing kit for BPA. Maybe another one could be used by groceries that are tyring to provide truth in labelling. BPA would be biphenol-A a component of some of plastics now uibiquitous in our food packaging here in America....

Tags: Food, Petroleum, BPA, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-03

No more BPA for you

No more BPA for youMore expensive and junkI have several of the bpa free baby bottles. They leak like crazy and cost way more. Hopefully they figure out a way to make decent products again.I wonder if someone will invent the Glass Baby Bottle?Bisphenol A is a synthetic...

Tags: baby bottle, BPA

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

No more BPA for you

The problem, as always, is that it's going to cost you. And not just in money. Polycarbonate, the type of plastic most likely to leach BPA, is inexpensive, durable and can deal with rigorous manufacturing processes. One alternative is stainless steel. Polypropylene is another. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Bottle, Steel, BPA, Polypropylene, Manufacturing, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-06

BPA story gets all political

BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It's just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...

Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

BPA story gets all political

The FDA refused to back off yesterday from its view that BPA is safe, leading to a press conference by Frederick vom Saal where he piled research papers on a desk and accused the agency of being in the tank for the industry. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Advertisement, BPA, Dana Blankenhorn, FDA, Federal Government, Food, Food & Beverage, Government, Management, Manufacturing, Strategy

Blog posts 2008-09-17

BPA health scare gets more serious

BPA health scare gets more seriousThis will never be bannedWhy even waste the space for this article? This compound will never be baned. A company's bottom line is way more important than a person's health and americans are to apathetic to do anything.The extent of this will be...

Tags: Food & Beverage, BPA health, BPA, food

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

BPA health scare gets more serious

Higher levels of BPA in your urine indicate an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or diabetes. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Bottle, Health Care, Chemical, BPA, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-16

The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A

The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AThis no storyMe have lots BPA and me no see no probelms. Me brain is work just fine.RE: The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AHere is something many don't realize. BPA plastics are used extensively in dentistry. ...

Tags: bisphenol-A, plastic bottle, BPA, bottle

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A

Tests of BPA done with doses now present in your body show reduction in brain function from this chemical. Not just in babies, but in adult primates. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Bottle, Health Care, Chemical, BPA, National Toxicology Program, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Nalgene abandons BPA products

One suspicious plastic just lost a major supporter. Bispheonol-A BPA is suspected of having deleterious healty effects. Now Nalgene, the upscale sporting goods manufacturer says ti wil lno longer user plastics that contain BPA. Nalgene makes water bottles for atheletes, hikers, bikers, et al. ...

Tags: Bottle, BPA, Retail, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-22

The Non IT, IT boss, Isn't

The Non IT, IT boss, Isn'tLost in translation?If I argued that my total inability to speak, understand, or read Mandarin qualifies me as an intermediary on business dealings between Western and Chinese companies you'd think me nuts, right?Right.Now think about companies hiring non IT people to interface their business and...

Tags: Strategy, PRODUCTIVITY, Business Knowledge, BPA, information technology, Joe, Mandarin

Discussion threads 2006-03-29

Additional Resources

Watch BPA get taken seriously now

Asbestos makers could be isolated from the rest of the industry and allowed to run down. The makers of BPA are a who's who of America's chemical industry. Bayer, Dow, GE, Sunoco. But if it's going to make our little soldiers go limp, I'm sure we can find a way...

Tags: Industry, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Who will manage the smart grid?

Who will manage the smart grid?Smart Grid - who owns itI certainly think that the consumer / home owner will have NO control over the smart grid being connected to their home. They may be able to see what they are consuming, but giving them control defeats the purpose...

Tags: grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Teflon: is it safe?

Teflon: is it safe?And? If it does much more good then harmthen we have to live with it. CRT monitors and cell phones "may" cause tumors, but they are both used in the process of saving lives. Should they disapear, too? It is like saying that some heart medication that...

Tags: teflon, Teflon, plastics

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Banned in Chicago!

Banned in Chicago!As if BPA is safe for humans who don't drink from bottlesit still is in other plastic liquid containers, utensils, cups, plates, bowls, many of your kids' notebooks. What about Teflon?Hey you wanna do a story? Try researching Teflon and what the FDA's special group studying it has...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Teflon

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Banned in Chicago!

Chicago became the first major American city to ban baby bottles made of BPA, a potentially toxic chemical that leaches into milk, water or soft drinks. It is the 7 inside the triangle on the bottom of the bottle that should alert you to BPA. For years even...

Tags: Bottle, Chicago, Food & Beverage, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Process Readiness: Are you ready to run a Marathon?

April 19 is Patriot’s Day in Boston.  The reenactment of the Shot Heard Round the World on Lexington Green, the parades, the Red Soxâ€"maybe I’ll pop over to Hopkinton and run the 26 miles of the Boston Marathon.  I think not â€" I’ve never run more than three miles in...

Tags: Business Process, Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Operational Planning, Human Resources, Business Operations, AMR Research

Blog posts 2009-04-23

The next plastics health scare is here

The next plastics health scare is here phthalates are poisonIt has been common knowledge for years that phthalates are poisonous.It is only corporate greed that keeps these chemicals on the market.The gangster corporations have control of our government and the regulatory process and will not give up their profits no...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Strategy, plastics health, health care, common knowledge, plastics, conspiracy theory, phthalate

Discussion threads 2009-04-19

Oracle Application Integration Architecture: Business Process Modeling and Analysis

Business Process Management BPM includes a set of activities that organizations perform to either optimize their business processes or adapt them to new organizational needs. Important elements include Business Process modeling and Analysis BPA, orchestration BPEL, and Business Activity Monitoring BAM. This whitepaper focuses on the BPA element, outlines Oracle's...

Tags: Business Process, Business Process Modeling, Oracle Corp., Application Integration, Analysis, Operational Planning, Business Operations

White papers 2009-04-01