Wendi Oppenheim
Broward County Bottleneck, BPA + Baby Bottles: Teen Presents Research to Broward County League of Cities
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 11th, 2010
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Broward County seems to have a bottleneck when it comes to passing health and safety legislation, says Wendi Oppenheim, a high school senior who is passionately advocating (see Wendi's YouTube interview) to protect the children of South Florida from the dangerous chemical Bisphenol-A, or BPA. Research shows that BPA causes negative health effects including cancer, obesity, diabetes and reproductive health issues.
In fact, several governing bodies across...
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