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- Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:46 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Oh yes. And here's an article related to the topic of Gelman and conflict of interest inthe BPA study. Donation raises questions for head of FDA’s bisphenol A panel By SUSANNE RUST and MEG KISSINGER Posted: Oct. 12, 2008 A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be "perfect...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Dear Marsha, Did you notice this passage in the second article. "The influential newspaper cited the recent donation of $5 million to the University of Michigan's Risk Science Center from Charles Gelman, the retired head of a medical device manufacturing company and outspoken proponent of bisphenol ...
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:16 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Howdy everyone. Hope y'all are doing well. I haven't posted anything in a while. I just kind of stepped back to take a breath about this BPA thing. I still haven't gotten a urine test yet. I spoke to my rheumatologist and he seems to think many of my conditions MAY be linked to BPA exposure by is at...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:35 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Dear SWS, Concerning posting with an objective journalistic style. It might interest you to know that my undergraduate degree is a BS in none other than . . . . taaaadaaaaa . . . . . .Journalism. However, I have spent most of career as a creative director/copywriter for advertising agencies. You're ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:59 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Okay . . . Okay everybody. I thought only a couple of people wanted this information. I'll go ahead and make my post public. Anyway. . . the information I got is not earth shattering and probably what we all expected. Nonetheless, as you know some of us have made several attempts to get a straight a...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:23 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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I told people that I would only discuss this in PM. Don't want to upset the newbies or give anyone a false reason for not using their CPAPs.
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:06 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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If you are still interested in BPA issue, I received an email from Respironics yesterday. Contact me via PM.
JD
JD
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
Re: plastics in humidifier and tubing
Okay, guys. I know I said I wasn't going to make any other posts about this topic. (Maybe I should change my user name to Chicken Little.) But I too received a call from Ms. Yurko a few hours ago. She was very, very kind and assured me that Respironics is working with their suppliers to determine if...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:51 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Dear feeling_better, Thanks for your encouraging words. I'm sure you would agree that if Respironics will just give us an answer that is not a prefab public relations quote they would most likely regain our trust. However, with each canned response they look more and more like they have something to...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:25 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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Wake up people! This is not an article written by a bunch of tree huggers using bad science. It's an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the premier, peer reviewed, academic journal of the U.S. medical community. From the study published September 16, 2008 "Adults w...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:09 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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A couple of weeks ago, DreamStalker posted this observation in another thread: ... e-coli or other bacteria, viruses, or microorganisms are way to big to take a ride on an H2O molecule. It would be like an elephant trying to hitch a ride on the back of a flea ... it will just never happen. My brain...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:03 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
Re: plastics in humidifier and tubing
A couple of weeks ago, DreamStalker posted this observation in another thread: ... e-coli or other bacteria, viruses, or microorganisms are way to big to take a ride on an H2O molecule. It would be like an elephant trying to hitch a ride on the back of a flea ... it will just never happen. My brain...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:56 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: plastics in humidifier and tubing
- Replies: 89
- Views: 16145
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You can send me a PM now.
feeling_better wrote:jdennie, You do not show a PM for me to send you msg. Could you please send me a msg on my PM? I would like to discuss a couple of items over PM.