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S. 593 - Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009

Health. 111th Congress (2009-2010) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
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The bill has been introduced. 
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Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009

S. 593 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)

Summary
A bill to ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009
Sponsor
Dianne Feinstein
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Health
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Product safety and quality
  • Sex and reproductive health
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced3/12/2009
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced3/12/2009
3/12/2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3086-3087)
3/12/2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Physicians [About]
Women's issues [About]
Environmental policy [About]
Consumer groups [About]
97% more
$7,635,330
$2,857,591
$8,606,811
$6,100
$19,105,832
$44,400
$2,324,455
$2,459,584
$583,500
$1,586,890
$194,540
$30,900
$1,756,688
$731,974
$9,712,931

opposed this bill

Chemicals [About]
Corporate lawyers & law firms [About]
Food and kindred products manufacturing [About]
Tobacco & Tobacco products [About]
Beverages (non-alcoholic) [About]
Plastics & Rubber processing & products [About]
Manufacturing [About]
Metal cans & containers [About]
Aluminum mining/processing [About]
6 Organizations Supported and 9 Opposed; See Which Ones
6 Organizations Supported and 9 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009

6 organizations supported this bill

Breast Cancer Fund
Breast Cancer Fund (n.d.). Federal Legislation to Ban Bisphenol A in Food Containers. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Breast Cancer Fund.
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Hendricks, Stephanie (2009, November 3). Toxic BPA Contamination - Groups Support Consumers Union Call for FDA Protection from BPA in Canned Food. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS226735+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103.
Consumers Union
Rangan, Urvashi and Gadhia, Ami (2009, November 3). Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, FDA. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Greener Choices.
Environmental Working Group
Environmental Working Group (n.d.). Bisphenol A. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Environmental Working Group.
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Hendricks, Stephanie (2009, November 3). Toxic BPA Contamination - Groups Support Consumers Union Call for FDA Protection from BPA in Canned Food. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS226735+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103.
The Endocrine Society
Szabo, Liz (2009, June 11). Medical group calls for reducing use of BPA. USA Today. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-10-BPAstudy_N.htm.

9 organizations opposed this bill

Alcoa
BPA Joint Trade Association (2009, May 28). BPA Joint Trade Association Meeting on Communications Strategy. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Environmental Working Group.
American Chemistry Council
Hentges, Stephen J., American Chemistry Council, Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group (2009, November 2). American Chemistry Council Comments on Consumer Reports Study. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from American Chemistry Council.
Coca Cola
BPA Joint Trade Association (2009, May 28). BPA Joint Trade Association Meeting on Communications Strategy. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Environmental Working Group.
Del Monte Foods
BPA Joint Trade Association (2009, May 28). BPA Joint Trade Association Meeting on Communications Strategy. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Environmental Working Group.
Grocery Manufacturers Association
BPA Joint Trade Association (2009, May 28). BPA Joint Trade Association Meeting on Communications Strategy. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Environmental Working Group.
North American Metal Packaging Alliance
Lancaster, Michelle (2009, November 3). Consumer Reports Findings of BPA in Canned Foods Do Not Support Conclusions of Public Concern. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS214405+03-Nov-2009+BW20091103.
Society of Plastics Industry
Kissinger, Meg and Rust, Susanne (2009, August 22). BPA industry fights back. Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/54195297.html.
Statistical Assesment Service
Kissinger, Meg and Rust, Susanne (2009, August 22). BPA industry fights back. Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/54195297.html.
Wajert, Sean P.
Wajert, Sean P. (2009, March 23). Bills to Ban BPA Introduced in Congress. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from Mass Tort Defense.

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 111th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2010.
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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$18,260$3,000
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$50,350$201,077
John BarrassoRWY$147,800$39,250
Max BaucusDMT$119,392$218,253
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$86,650$137,165
Mark BegichDAK$121,982$11,800
Michael BennetDCO$220,736$132,237
Bob BennettRUT$7,000$59,400
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$66,732$33,000
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$11,650$7,266
Barbara BoxerDCA$1,527,234$117,340
Sherrod BrownDOH$483,618$49,100
Sam BrownbackRKS$7,700$1,000
Jim BunningRKY$34,050$14,000
Richard BurrRNC$147,409$363,469
Roland BurrisDIL$2,500$1,000
Robert ByrdDWV$25,300$9,250
Maria CantwellDWA$400,701$18,266
Ben CardinDMD$356,296$51,950
Tom CarperDDE$21,890$160,690
Bob CaseyDPA$539,777$160,300
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$164,350$335,150
Tom CoburnROK$46,350$50,550
William Thad CochranRMS$28,100$34,800
Susan CollinsRME$183,779$99,000
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$29,000$33,800
Bob CorkerRTN$313,476$288,850
John CornynRTX$338,673$255,350
Mike CrapoRID$32,627$63,785
Jim DeMintRSC$88,800$115,285
Chris DoddDCT$95,100$78,625
Byron DorganDND$10,950$75,950
Dick DurbinDIL$125,310$99,225
John EnsignRNV$102,825$57,500
Mike EnziRWY$33,050$54,000
Russ FeingoldDWI$283,092$41,450
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$107,250$45,965
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$1,010,252$340,735
Lindsey GrahamRSC$54,913$104,700
Chuck GrassleyRIA$70,260$92,549
Judd GreggRNH$500$7,000
Kay HaganDNC$551,696$53,333
Tom HarkinDIA$155,915$59,835
Orrin HatchRUT$56,450$104,700
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$134,082$63,800
Jim InhofeROK$45,963$87,150
Dan InouyeDHI$28,550$45,450
Johnny IsaksonRGA$76,150$205,595
Mike JohannsRNE$34,000$88,547
Tim JohnsonDSD$53,901$8,350
Ted KaufmanDDE$0$0
Ted KennedyDMA$60,020$16,550
John KerryDMA$138,822$56,375
Amy KlobucharDMN$909,986$200,628
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$257,532$175,350
Mary LandrieuDLA$235,827$121,450
Frank LautenbergDNJ$72,503$94,482
Patrick LeahyDVT$26,800$46,850
Carl LevinDMI$76,395$119,200
Joe LiebermanICT$199,800$208,925
Blanche LincolnDAR$148,816$175,926
Dick LugarRIN$40,775$107,550
Mel MartinezRFL$36,496$16,300
John McCainRAZ$63,035$88,125
Claire McCaskillDMO$1,092,679$34,350
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$306,200$510,750
Bob MenéndezDNJ$203,150$88,327
Jeff MerkleyDOR$117,771$36,783
Barbara MikulskiDMD$157,893$38,015
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$35,333$55,235
Patty MurrayDWA$634,497$82,669
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$104,325$174,750
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$276,224$120,050
Mark PryorDAR$50,645$98,150
John "Jack" ReedDRI$40,760$19,600
Harry ReidDNV$446,434$359,334
Jim RischRID$10,050$18,000
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$94,100$106,900
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$130,000$86,900
Bernie SandersIVT$67,400$1,000
Chuck SchumerDNY$125,125$298,074
Jeff SessionsRAL$48,950$65,965
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$917,251$18,650
Richard ShelbyRAL$15,750$60,050
Olympia SnoweRME$87,472$35,800
Arlen SpecterDPA$283,433$281,883
Debbie StabenowDMI$853,464$80,766
Jon TesterDMT$147,877$2,950
John ThuneRSD$74,875$98,200
Mark UdallDCO$418,137$38,750
Tom UdallDNM$231,166$16,650
David VitterRLA$300,976$123,550
George VoinovichROH$28,325$114,650
Mark WarnerDVA$131,335$207,818
Jim WebbDVA$220,602$40,950
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$257,310$17,775
Roger WickerRMS$120,625$111,950
Ron WydenDOR$156,500$60,134

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Daniel K. AkakaDHI$18,260$3,000
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$50,350$201,077
John BarrassoRWY$147,800$39,250
Max BaucusDMT$119,392$218,253
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$86,650$137,165
Mark BegichDAK$121,982$11,800
Michael BennetDCO$220,736$132,237
Bob BennettRUT$7,000$59,400
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$66,732$33,000
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$11,650$7,266
Barbara BoxerDCA$1,527,234$117,340
Sherrod BrownDOH$483,618$49,100
Sam BrownbackRKS$7,700$1,000
Jim BunningRKY$34,050$14,000
Richard BurrRNC$147,409$363,469
Roland BurrisDIL$2,500$1,000
Robert ByrdDWV$25,300$9,250
Maria CantwellDWA$400,701$18,266
Ben CardinDMD$356,296$51,950
Tom CarperDDE$21,890$160,690
Bob CaseyDPA$539,777$160,300
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$164,350$335,150
Tom CoburnROK$46,350$50,550
William Thad CochranRMS$28,100$34,800
Susan CollinsRME$183,779$99,000
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$29,000$33,800
Bob CorkerRTN$313,476$288,850
John CornynRTX$338,673$255,350
Mike CrapoRID$32,627$63,785
Jim DeMintRSC$88,800$115,285
Chris DoddDCT$95,100$78,625
Byron DorganDND$10,950$75,950
Dick DurbinDIL$125,310$99,225
John EnsignRNV$102,825$57,500
Mike EnziRWY$33,050$54,000
Russ FeingoldDWI$283,092$41,450
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$107,250$45,965
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$1,010,252$340,735
Lindsey GrahamRSC$54,913$104,700
Chuck GrassleyRIA$70,260$92,549
Judd GreggRNH$500$7,000
Kay HaganDNC$551,696$53,333
Tom HarkinDIA$155,915$59,835
Orrin HatchRUT$56,450$104,700
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$134,082$63,800
Jim InhofeROK$45,963$87,150
Dan InouyeDHI$28,550$45,450
Johnny IsaksonRGA$76,150$205,595
Mike JohannsRNE$34,000$88,547
Tim JohnsonDSD$53,901$8,350
Ted KaufmanDDE$0$0
Ted KennedyDMA$60,020$16,550
John KerryDMA$138,822$56,375
Amy KlobucharDMN$909,986$200,628
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$257,532$175,350
Mary LandrieuDLA$235,827$121,450
Frank LautenbergDNJ$72,503$94,482
Patrick LeahyDVT$26,800$46,850
Carl LevinDMI$76,395$119,200
Joe LiebermanICT$199,800$208,925
Blanche LincolnDAR$148,816$175,926
Dick LugarRIN$40,775$107,550
Mel MartinezRFL$36,496$16,300
John McCainRAZ$63,035$88,125
Claire McCaskillDMO$1,092,679$34,350
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$306,200$510,750
Bob MenéndezDNJ$203,150$88,327
Jeff MerkleyDOR$117,771$36,783
Barbara MikulskiDMD$157,893$38,015
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$35,333$55,235
Patty MurrayDWA$634,497$82,669
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$104,325$174,750
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$276,224$120,050
Mark PryorDAR$50,645$98,150
John "Jack" ReedDRI$40,760$19,600
Harry ReidDNV$446,434$359,334
Jim RischRID$10,050$18,000
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$94,100$106,900
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$130,000$86,900
Bernie SandersIVT$67,400$1,000
Chuck SchumerDNY$125,125$298,074
Jeff SessionsRAL$48,950$65,965
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$917,251$18,650
Richard ShelbyRAL$15,750$60,050
Olympia SnoweRME$87,472$35,800
Arlen SpecterDPA$283,433$281,883
Debbie StabenowDMI$853,464$80,766
Jon TesterDMT$147,877$2,950
John ThuneRSD$74,875$98,200
Mark UdallDCO$418,137$38,750
Tom UdallDNM$231,166$16,650
David VitterRLA$300,976$123,550
George VoinovichROH$28,325$114,650
Mark WarnerDVA$131,335$207,818
Jim WebbDVA$220,602$40,950
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$257,310$17,775
Roger WickerRMS$120,625$111,950
Ron WydenDOR$156,500$60,134

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$ Donated
Physicians$8,606,811
Women's issues$7,635,330
Environmental policy$2,857,591
Consumer groups$6,100

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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$ Donated
Chemicals$2,459,584
Corporate lawyers & law firms$2,324,455
Food and kindred products manufacturing$1,756,688
Tobacco & Tobacco products$1,586,890
Beverages (non-alcoholic)$731,974
Plastics & Rubber processing & products$583,500
Manufacturing$194,540
Metal cans & containers$44,400
Aluminum mining/processing$30,900
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