I just read on Enviroblog that every formula manufacturer in the U.S. puts baby formula into cans lined with bisphenol-A.

Bisphenol what? Bisphenol-A is a chemical associated with reproductive defects and low dose toxicity.

As if this isn’t outraging enough, I also read that the chemical is often found in baby bottles and sippy cups too. Healthy Child, Healthy World takes you through the rooms of your house to identify, item by item, toxic substances consumed by children and families everyday. And Healthy Toy database indicates which toys and car seats are lead-free.

I like the way one blog writer put it when she said “we mamas gotta be our OWN lobbyists.” California moms and dads can take action by supporting legislation to ban of bisphenol-A. State senate Bill 1713 needs our help. Make noise by contacting companies that use bisphenol-A and share the facts with parents you know.

I drank alot at the opening day celebrations for the O's on Monday, so its taken 48 hours of sleep to get my head back to normal and write something down here.  My last and first post talked a little about influences and how we should be wearier of them, but in a conversation with my friend Thor, I realized I left out a really important point. 

First of all, I have to say how damn funny it can be sometimes when you've been drinking and you think you’re Ari-freakin-stotle.  Like you're in the perfect state of mind to realize the answers to every question that mankind has.  So back to the point I didn't make last time, which was how your parents affect your socio-political ideals and beliefs.  Huge point I missed, but a difficult one to quantify or estimate, because of the factors associated with the role of parents in each individual's life.

Looking at myself, my parents are great, but the influence that my father's political beliefs have had in the development of my own has swayed in a number of directions. I'm 22 years old now, on the verge of having a real job, making real money and having real responsibilities, and I feel like I am far more likely to listen to my father and have educated discussions with him on politics and the economy than I was when I was a wiseass 16-year-old.  That said though, I'm more educated now, and my days of impressionability have come and gone, the prime of which has taken place during the past 3-4 years I have spent in college.  So while how my father thinks has and always will be important to me, this is one possible scenario of many.  

I could have had parents that just didn't care, I could have not had parents at all, I could have spent all of my life rebelling against them or I could spend my own life not giving a rats a$$.  Either way, I think it's important to consider what influence our parents had or didn't have in the development of our personality and our beliefs. Just a thought, maybe next time I'll talk about some real stuff.

Enough serious stuff, go O's, Best Monday ever, Markakis Awsome, thanks to Thor, keep it real, and Thanks for readin.

Or they won't be allowed back to public school. 

Via the New York Times:

"Judge Nichols had sent letters this week to the homes of more than 800 households with children in public schools, strongly recommending that the children be immunized Saturday at the courthouse, where health department workers had set up tables to process paperwork and give shots, or that parents prove that the children had already been immunized in accordance with state law."