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Despite a ferociously fought lobbying battle, California’s Toxics-Free Babies and Toddlers Act (SB 797) failed to garner the needed votes to ban the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage containers designed for children aged three and under.
In response to this legislative defeat, Green to Grow founders, husband and wife Michael Ritterbrown and Shelley Aronoff, announced the company is addressing this economic and social injustice to underserved communities by donating more than $5,000 worth of BPA-free baby bottles to San Francisco’s Compass Community Services.
On Tuesday, September 29, California State Assembly member Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) presented the Compass Community Services donation on behalf of the Los Angeles-based leading BPA-free baby bottle and accessories manufacturer.
Vice President Aronoff, and President Ritterbrown have been supporting BPA-free legislation in spirit and in action since founding Green to Grow in 2007. Through its focus on environmental and social responsibility, and in support of SB 797, the Los Angeles-based company has recently donated $20,000 worth of BPA-free baby bottles and nipples to non-profit organizations and community health clinics that serve low-income families across California. These organizations share their commitment to educate families about safer alternatives to polycarbonate plastics.
“I take this issue personally,” said Aronoff. “Green to Grow was founded on the belief that all infants and children deserve to use safe feeding devices, not just those whose parents have access to these products. Many larger retailers such as Walmart, Target, Babies R’ Us, Safeway, and Whole Foods have, on their own initiative, phased out BPA in products for infants and young children. They’re responding to parents’ demand for safer alternatives.”
“But due to a lack of transportation and resources, low income families are often left to shop at local discount retailers, where products containing BPA may be the only option on the shelf. I’m not comfortable with the fact that my son is protected from the harmful health effects of BPA while others less fortunate than I have children who are feeding from devices that leach a toxic chemical into their food. I believe it is my responsibility, as a citizen and a business owner, a mother and a caretaker, to do my best to protect all families, regardless of their income level.”
Green to Grow’s donations are part of its ongoing outreach philosophy in which it gives back to communities in need while helping to educate parents about issues related to children’s health and the environment. In addition to its Compass Community Services donation, and in further support of SB 797, Green to Grow has also donated BPA-free baby bottles to the following non-profit organizations in California:
• Women, Infants, and Children Center in Rancho Cordova
• MEND in Pacoima
• Compton Central Health Clinic
• Pediatrics Department of the Natividad Medical Center in Salinas
• For Kids Foundation in Ontario
• St. John’s Well Child & Family Center in Los Angeles
• Women’s Shelter of Long Beach
• Donna Leffler Health Clinic in Rialto
Green to Grow has created the Bottles to Babies initiative, which uses the Green to Grow web site as a vehicle to connect customers who are no longer using their gently used baby bottles with local non-profit organizations and women’s shelters that accept new or gently-used baby bottle donations. Green to Grow’s Bottles to Babies initiative is truly a grassroots effort. With the help and support of its customers, Green to Grow is in the process of developing a national database of donation drop off locations.
Assemblymember Fiona Ma Presents Donation to Compass Community Services
Green to Grow Responds to Recent Defeat of State Senate Bill SB 797 to ban BPA with Major Product Donation to San Francisco’s Underserved Families
Compass Community Services to Receive $5,000 worth of BPA-free Baby Bottles to Help Address the Issue’s Economic and Social Injustice
Despite a ferociously fought lobbying battle, California’s Toxics-Free Babies and Toddlers Act (SB 797) failed to garner the needed votes to ban the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage containers designed for children aged three and under.
In response to this legislative defeat, Green to Grow founders, husband and wife Michael Ritterbrown and Shelley Aronoff, announced the company is addressing this economic and social injustice to underserved communities by donating more than $5,000 worth of BPA-free baby bottles to San Francisco’s Compass Community Services.
On Tuesday, September 29, California State Assembly member Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) presented the Compass Community Services donation on behalf of the Los Angeles-based leading BPA-free baby bottle and accessories manufacturer.
Vice President Aronoff, and President Ritterbrown have been supporting BPA-free legislation in spirit and in action since founding Green to Grow in 2007. Through its focus on environmental and social responsibility, and in support of SB 797, the Los Angeles-based company has recently donated $20,000 worth of BPA-free baby bottles and nipples to non-profit organizations and community health clinics that serve low-income families across California. These organizations share their commitment to educate families about safer alternatives to polycarbonate plastics.
“I take this issue personally,” said Aronoff. “Green to Grow was founded on the belief that all infants and children deserve to use safe feeding devices, not just those whose parents have access to these products. Many larger retailers such as Walmart, Target, Babies R’ Us, Safeway, and Whole Foods have, on their own initiative, phased out BPA in products for infants and young children. They’re responding to parents’ demand for safer alternatives.”
“But due to a lack of transportation and resources, low income families are often left to shop at local discount retailers, where products containing BPA may be the only option on the shelf. I’m not comfortable with the fact that my son is protected from the harmful health effects of BPA while others less fortunate than I have children who are feeding from devices that leach a toxic chemical into their food. I believe it is my responsibility, as a citizen and a business owner, a mother and a caretaker, to do my best to protect all families, regardless of their income level.”
Green to Grow’s donations are part of its ongoing outreach philosophy in which it gives back to communities in need while helping to educate parents about issues related to children’s health and the environment. In addition to its Compass Community Services donation, and in further support of SB 797, Green to Grow has also donated BPA-free baby bottles to the following non-profit organizations in California:
• MEND in Pacoima
• Compton Central Health Clinic
• Pediatrics Department of the Natividad Medical Center in Salinas
• For Kids Foundation in Ontario
• St. John’s Well Child & Family Center in Los Angeles
• Women’s Shelter of Long Beach
• Donna Leffler Health Clinic in Rialto
Green to Grow has created the Bottles to Babies initiative, which uses the Green to Grow web site as a vehicle to connect customers who are no longer using their gently used baby bottles with local non-profit organizations and women’s shelters that accept new or gently-used baby bottle donations. Green to Grow’s Bottles to Babies initiative is truly a grassroots effort. With the help and support of its customers, Green to Grow is in the process of developing a national database of donation drop off locations.
I heard somebody said that the bottle with "PC 7" label will release harmful things to drinking water if it was exposed to hot temperature. Is it true?
ReplyDeleteIt is because I brought a new bottle which has both "BPA free" and "PC 7" labels. Thank you.