so explain what bpa is and how it can affect our health. >> bpa was discovered in the 1890s and firstor food products. we use billions of pounds in the last year on it. it's in the mining of cans a allows cans to be more water-tight so bacteria can't get it and so some benefit to it. the problem is several years ago, the fda says we shouldn't start using baby bottles because it can disrupt the indocrine system. >> this was as it was removing it from items like sippy cups. does it pose risks to others? >> that is the key million dollar or billion dollar question. you know, it does affect the endokrin system to a small amount and that may have an affect especially in kids or as we get older potentially. the problem is how do you do a study? i can't say use this sippy cup the next 20 years and i'm going to see what happens to your health. it's very difficult. then people say why isn't there something new? thcause how can we do a study on there is an old compound that is safe and we know it's safe and it's called glass. we have to get it back to the basics here and maybe get away from som

explain once again what bpa is and how it can affect our health. >> bpa was discovered in the 1890s,started to be used for food products. we use billions of pounds in the last year on it. it's in the lining of cans. it allows cans to be more watertight so back tearian can't get in and the metal from the can can't leach into foods. there's some benefit to it. several years ago, the fda says we shouldn't use it in baby bottles because it can disrupt the endocrine system. more and more we thought it was being fazed out but it's still present in a lot of the products. >> the fda says bta is safe for approved use in food packaging, but this was as it was removing it from tums like sippy cups. does it pose risks to others. >> that's the billion dollar question. it does affect the endocrine system to a small amount. that may have an effect, especially in kids, or as we get older, potentially. so the problem is, how do you do a study? i can't say norah,ize this s iu sippy cup for the next 20 years. people say why isn't there something new? how are we going to do the study on old -- the new c

." >>> campbell soup says they will stop using the bpa in their soup containers.y consumers worry that it may raise the risk of cancer and hormonal problems. it will switch all of it's as soon as possible and broths to bpa-free containers. with asthmad on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. do not take breo more than prescribed. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ask your doctor if 24-hour breo could be a missing piece for you

bpa is sort of entering thekay consciousness that they not okay chemical. i had no idea what they line the cans with. you have to sneak into canned school to find out. they have not told me. i can't even say it gets better. it is something else we don't know about. i guess you have to be a cynic to assume it's just a chemical. unless they are drinking water. >> are there no medals that don't corrode or oxidized? >> there are a handful. the good news is that coke cans with different uses keep them from rusting. i found out early on that it's minimal to be put in a can. because it does proteins and it's not very acidic. i liked when they told me was made for kids in cans were made for. >> a map point they will open it to question to the audience. please go to the microphones of the audience of c-span can hear your question and our policy here is if at all possible, please make your question in a question. we will start over here. >> this is for ed. i know there's a lot of variables involved in this question but if you have a general said, if increasedab techn

bpa is entering the consciousness as a not okay chemical. i have no idea what their lining their cans with and you will have to sneak into canned school to find out. they are not going to-- they have not told me. i can't even say if it's better. it's something else we don't know about and i guess you have to be a cynic to assume it is just a chemical, i mean, unless they are drinking water. >> are there other metals that don't corrode or oxidize connect there are a handful. the coke cans with different thicknesses of the plastic on the inside to keep it from rusting and i found early on that beer is really a minimal to be putting into aluminum cans so it needs to be finished and aluminum cans and it's not acidic, but i liked it when they told me there was made for cans in cans was made for beer. >> i think on that point we will open it to questions in the audience here please quipped to the microphone so that the audience of c-span can hear? and our policy here is if at all possible please make your question a question. >> this is for ad. i

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the concept of the bpa in and of itself wasn't -- isn't terribly radical. but how we got vendors into it was -- i will say it shook things up a little bit. what we did was instead of having you give us a 300 page rfp, we said, to compete for this and get in this pool, here is an api, an application programming interface, a set of data, here is a set of data, here is an api, here is the problem statement. build us an app. we want to see how you do it. we want to understand that you understand what we mean by agile, by user center design, doing user research. and all of your code is going to be open source. we want to be able to see it and judge it. so we gave them two weeks to build something. at the end of that, we picked i believe it was about 17 companies that are now in this pool of pre-cleared vendors that operate like all of us do. operate like our teal tems do t have this laser focus on the user. >> does anyone say, two weeks? are you kidding me? >> yes. that was the point. there's this concept in our world, in software development of an mvp, minimum

chemical in there they don't know what it is is even in there and they shouldn't have to wonder if bpa is taken out, what's replacing it and is that safe? that's not a burden parents should have to bear. that's a burden public policy makers should have to bear, and we're trying to bear it. congress needs to jump in, too. thankfully on artificial turf with crumb rubber in playgrounds, another area that's a hot topic, we were able to work with epa and cdc to have a task force to look at the answers and that's a good model but that's not the way it should be. we should be coming together with congress and getting the right amount of funding, the right amount of authorities to make sure that we can really answer these questions and parents don't have to sit up at night and say is it safe for my child to play on that field or not. and similarly, it is not okay for me that parents have to wonder whether their kids are getting brain injuries playing sports. and you heard rachel talk about this as a priority of mine at the beginning. kids play sports and they should. and we put them into sport