My “day job” doesn’t ordinarily coincide with Green and Clean Mom but there are times when I recognize that this brand I’ve created is indeed me and I’m genuinely concerned about BPA and chemicals and in good faith and conscious it comes out - I can’t help it!
Well, the lady informed me that BPA was a scam; and when the activists calm down there won’t be a need to pay a higher price for BPA-free products. My eyebrow raised but I bit my tongue; I wanted to hear more. I was then informed that really it is just products with color that have BPA, and if it is clear, then I am safe. If I do not heat a product - ever - I am safe from this scam called BPA. Note: I think my face was red, but I’ve heard all of this before.
Now, I was not there to argue about BPA and both ladies were very convinced that BPA was a scam and they had lost a great deal of money because of abandoned promotional materials in stock so I’m thinking they were upset. Instead, I gracefully gave the manager my Green and Clean Mom business card (one clue), but also made a few comments on what BPA is really about, but it is best to know I am the activist, and we aren’t going away.
I drove away and realized that there are still too many myths about BPA. Even with recent new inScience News and more studies being done, an increase in consumer demand for BPA free product and the facts on the table…people role their eyes and we still have BPA. It baffles me.
Read more from Sommer P. at her blog, Green and Clean Mom, where she writes about how going green is sexy, sassy and fun. Sommer is a social networking and marketing consultant and passionate mother and teacher. Find her on twitter as @greenmom
