Website KeepitOrganic.org which warns against Plastic Products is owned by Glass Packaging Institute

This little gem appeared in the Morning Must Reads from the Competitive Enterprise Institute and proves once again you need to look closely at what organization is running a campaign.

The website KeepitOrganic.org, which warns people about the dangers of using plastic products containing bisphenol A (BPA), is actually owned and operated by the Glass Packaging Institute.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Risk and Environmental Policy Angela Logomasini on how people with a vested interest in regulating the plastics industry are creating hype about BPA.

“The GPI website is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to phony campaigns and claims about BPA. My colleagues Iain Murray and Michael Fumento have highlighted other political forces that are moving this issue, despite science to the contrary. A study on the topic published by Jon Entine at the American Enterprise Institute does a wonderful job documenting the crazy extent that activists–including some scientist-activists who were recently awarded federal grants to do research for NIH–have gone to push forward BPA bans.”

Source: Morning Reads from CEI.org