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.