NEW YORK, NY -- 05/01/08 --
Yesterday, April 30, 2008, Rights For America
attorneys, Robert H. Weiss and Stephen Murakami, along with two prominent
Class Action law firms from Missouri (Scharnhorst Ast & Kennard, P.C.) and
Kansas (The Hodges Law Firm), filed a billion dollar consumer class action
lawsuit against the leading baby bottle manufacturers (Avent America,
Evenflo, Gerber, Handi-Craft (Dr. Brown's) and Playtex) for their use of
Bisphenol A in polycarbonate plastic baby bottles and toddler training
cups. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the
Western District of Missouri pursuant to Missouri Consumer Protection Laws
on behalf of the infants and children of Missouri and the United States who
were unknowingly exposed to BPA through their use of plastic baby bottles
and training cups.
Robert Weiss filed the first such lawsuit last spring in California against
the same baby bottle manufacturers. That case is pending in the Los
Angeles County Superior Court before Judge Victoria Chaney.
Bisphenol-A or "BPA" was originally examined in the 1930s for use as a
synthetic estrogen however it is primarily used today in the manufacture of
polycarbonate plastics for its clear and shatterproof qualities. Studies
have shown that BPA can activate estrogen receptors that lead to the same
effects as the body's own estrogens. Exposure to BPA has been linked to
lowered sperm count and infertile sperm in men, developmental toxicity,
carcinogenic effects, and possible neurotoxicity. Infants are especially
vulnerable and are believed to be at greater risk from the effects of BPA,
which acts as a powerful hormone that can interfere with an infant's normal
brain and sexual development.
Robert Weiss and Rights For America is committed to protecting our infants
and will not stop until the infants of America are protected.
To contact Robert H. Weiss for comment and to schedule an interview, phone
PR Consultant Jo Jo Holotka at (404) 406-7183 or (404) 525-3900.
