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Professor Tensie Whelan discusses food companies moving away from the toxic chemical BPA in cans

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Excerpt from The Guardian -- "Tensie Whelan, director of New York University’s Center for Sustainable Business, said that while companies should be applauded for switching to BPA-free lining in their cans, they need to make sure they aren’t swapping out one potentially dangerous chemical for another. 'It’ll be critical that they publicly and transparently disclose the substitutes they use and work with scientists, government and civil society to ensure those alternatives are safe as well,' she said."

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