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Two LI women have long fought for bisphenol-A ban

Long Islanders Laura Weinberg and Karen Joy Miller were campaigning against the plasticizing agent bisphenol-A, or BPA, long before it became a subject of legislative concern.

Last week, their efforts were rewarded when Gov. David A. Paterson signed the bisphenol-A-Free Children and Babies Act into law, banning the sale of children's products laced with the compound. New York is now one of...

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