1. Printing: Your printer might not print the same way our printers do, so make sure to try a couple of test prints. If things aren’t aligning quite right, experiment with the Scale to Fit Paper setting. It’s located in the Print dialog – just click Full Page Slides to get to it. And did you notice we made fold marks for you? They are really light, but if you don’t like them showing on your brochure, click View, Slide Master, and delete them before you print. Customizing the Content: The placeholders in this brochure are formatted for you. If you want to add or remove bullet points from text, just click the Bullets button on the Home tab. If you need more placeholders for titles, subtitles or body text, just make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. Want to use your own pictures instead of ours? No problem! Just click a picture, press the Delete key, then click the icon to add your picture. If you replace a photo with your own and it’s not a flawless fit for the space, you can crop it to fit in almost no time. Just select the picture and then, on the Picture tools Format tab, in the Size group, click Crop. CeritChem : Changing The Industry for BPA 11212 Metric Blvd, Austin, TX 78758 (512) 339-0550 Fax 512-339-0551 Certichem.com Companies for the Same Cause: Center for Environmental Health The Environmental Working Group Center for Progressive Reform Presented by Mikhayla Powers Please Speak Out Against Bpa "BPA substitutes are available today so there is no reason to use BPA in baby products.” –Dr. Harvey Karp "BPA-free bottles and formula cans shouldn't be optional for producers. We want the best for our babies. I look around my community and when I'm at the bargain store there are no BPA-free bottles; that's not fair.“- Dera Baskin "The science on BPA clearly demonstrates cause for alarm. We can't ignore the facts when it comes to our most vulnerable citizens; we have to act now to get this toxin out of children's food and drink.“- Fran Pavely

2. Printing: Your printer might not print the same way our printers do, so make sure to try a couple of test prints. If things aren’t aligning quite right, experiment with the Scale to Fit Paper setting. It’s located in the Print dialog – just click Full Page Slides to get to it. And did you notice we made fold marks for you? They are really light, but if you don’t like them showing on your brochure, click View, Slide Master, and delete them before you print. Customizing the Content: The placeholders in this brochure are formatted for you. If you want to add or remove bullet points from text, just click the Bullets button on the Home tab. If you need more placeholders for titles, subtitles or body text, just make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. Want to use your own pictures instead of ours? No problem! Just click a picture, press the Delete key, then click the icon to add your picture. If you replace a photo with your own and it’s not a flawless fit for the space, you can crop it to fit in almost no time. Just select the picture and then, on the Picture tools Format tab, in the Size group, click Crop. About us Why Should You Care? Because BPA is an endocrine disruptor, it is connected to numerous health problems. This includes diseases such as diabetes and breast cancer. This can also disrupt the growing processes of our youth, because hormone levels are imperative at that age. Key Clients Services Offered Our Work CertiChem is a company that performs studies and testing for BPA. BPA, or bisphenol a, is a chemical used in the process of hardening plastics. This chemical acts as estrogen does once it enters our bodies. In other words, it’s an endocrine disruptor. CertiChem is working to eliminate this in our industries by testing for BPA and advising companies on how to avoid it or decrease the amount in their products. This company also performs their own in virtro experiments in order to study the chemical. Research on contamination of chemicals involved in the processes Research on consumer awareness of endocrine disruptors Research on the benefits of developing safer products Research analyzing why there’s controversy over BPA Product testing in order to establish if there’s estrogenic activity and to what level Advising for companies that test positive for estrogenic activity In vitro testing in order to study BPA and its effects Animal feed companies Food canners Grocers Infant feeding product manufacturers