So let’s get healthy Campbell’s! For thousands of people have joined a campaign on Change.org demanding that Campbell Soup Company remove bisphenol-A (BPA). For it’s a hormone-disrupting chemical linked to cancer and diabetes. All from its soup cans.
Healthy Child Healthy World, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that helps parents protect kids from toxins. So they launched the online campaign on Change.org. For it has recruited more than 3,000 people to join. I mean many over the last 24 hours.
BPA Exposure from Campbell soup
A growing number of studies link BPA exposure to health problems like cancers, diabetes, early-onset puberty. Also behavioral issues and obesity. So they suggest that children are especially vulnerable to the health risks posed by BPA.
Healthy Campbell’s no BPA
In addition recent report from the Breast Cancer Fund found high levels of BPA in canned foods geared specifically towards children, like Campbell’s “SpaghettiOs with Meatballs” and “Disney Princess Cool Shapes” soup.
The campaign on Change.org is likely to increase pressure on Campbell Soup Company, with more than 3,000 supporters and more joining every hour.
“Healthy Child Healthy World’s campaign to Campbell’s has become extremely popular very
quickly,” said Sarah Parsons, senior organizer at Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change. “Every minute, the number of campaign supporters rises. The folks at Healthy Child Healthy World have clearly touched a nerve and launched a campaign that resonates with people across the country.”
Canned Food
Canned food producers like Hain Celestial, H.J. Heinz, and ConAgra—owner of brands like Chef Boyardee and Hunt’s—have announced plans to remove BPA from food packaging and have started using BPA-free can linings for some of their products. Campbell’s has not announced any plans to eliminate BPA from its can linings.
Live signature totals from Healthy Child Healthy World’s campaign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/campbells-stop-endangering-kids-health
Reporters looking to contact Campbell’s should try:
John Faulkner, Media Relations Officer at Campbell Soup Company
john_w_faulkner@campbellsoup.com
Juli Mandel Sloves, Media Relations Officer at Campbell Soup Company
juli_mandel_sloves@campbellsoup.com
Contact information for petition signers in your area available upon request:
Sarah Parsons, Senior Organizer at Change.org
sarah@change.org
(860) 402-0516
For more information on Healthy Child Healthy World, please visit:
http://healthychild.org/
Healthy Child Healthy World, a Los Angeles-based non-profit, works to empower parents to protect children from harmful chemicals. The non-profit was founded by James and Nancy Chuda in 1991 after their daughter Colette died from Wilm’s tumor — a rare form of non-hereditary cancer.
For more information on Change.org, please visit:
http://www.change.org/about
Change.org is the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change — growing by more than 400,000 new members a month, and empowering millions of people to start, join, and win campaigns for social change in their community, city and country.
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Source: Sarah Parsons, Senior Organizer, Sustainable Food, http://food.change.org/
