Dispatch: N.Y. Governor Vetoes Sippy Cup Quackery

By ACSH Staff — Aug 03, 2010
New York Gov. Paterson vetoed a bill that would require a dental decay warning on baby bottles and sippy cups with “a duckbilled lid, bill-shaped extension or bill-shaped spout" yesterday. In his veto statement, the governor argues that:

New York Gov. Paterson vetoed a bill that would require a dental decay warning on baby bottles and sippy cups with “a duckbilled lid, bill-shaped extension or bill-shaped spout" yesterday. In his veto statement, the governor argues that:

Brief warning labels are simply not the best vehicle to convey detailed information about general parental practice and proper use of a product that is not inherently dangerous.

“Governor Paterson should have applied this very sound reasoning to the BPA ban he signed,” proposes ACSH's Jeff Stier.

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