Toxic America, Toxic Childhood on CNN

I am always sickened when I hear someone of global influence, ignore the fact that chemicals in our environment and products put us at health risks. I sat and watched tonight Michael Wells, America Chemistry Council, try to talk us, we the people, into believing that he is watching out for our safety. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, asks Michael "if the air we were just breathing, the food we just ate and the water we just drank, had chemicals toxic to our bodies." Michael's response "NO, I feel confident that the toxic substance control act, has proven PRETTY effective in controlling health in the environment." Ok, GO ON.... "What we don't want, is to move to a system where the barrier to bring in new product to market are so high, it can't be met. WE want a system that allows our industry to maintain it's competitive edge, to bring forward new innovation." So why do we not follow the same chemical testing guidelines as say, Europe? Is it because the US cares more about making money, then the health of the the American people? Answer, yes. This is clearly stated by our Chemistry Council, Michael Wells. I predict that on Monday, Michael will be hit with a slew of emails from exasperated viewers. I watched these highly influential, supposably intelligent people, inform us that BPA, pesticides etc. in low levels, are not proven toxic to our bodies. First off, this statement is just ludicrous. They go on to state "how could this be the case when we've been using it for 30 years." Well, we are now seeing the effects in people in their 30-40's that we can attribute these toxins as the main contributors to the health problems that are on the rise such as, Breast cancer, prostate cancer, infertility, miscarriages and brain tissue damage. I am mainly speaking of the highly controversial, BPA. Regardless that at some point, if tested way back when, a chemical came back from testing as "safe," we know today, it is not "safe." BPA free bottles was the first item that I purchased for my company, as I wanted to offer my customers a safe way to feed their babies. My baby was not going to be drinking from bottles or sucking on pacifiers/teethers containing a known, proven toxic chemical in baby bottles. Green To Grow, the company I chose to purchase from, was one of the first companies to create a BPA free bottle. There are MANY companies that have jumped on the BPA free bandwagon, that still make bottles with BPA and their newer, BPA free bottle. Again, ludicrous!
Thank you and good night, April Cibulski