Jenny Splitter
Jenny Splitter is a writer and member of the SciMoms which promotes GMO agriculture. The SciMoms formed out of the documentary Science Moms which had been inspired by the #Moms4GMOs open letter to celebrity mothers campaigning for GMO labeling in 2015.[1]
Splitter was a featured panelist at the Independent Women’s Forum Reasonable Moms launch event.[2] Attendees included Hank Campbell, President of American Council on Science and Health, and Stephan Neidenbach founder of We Love GMOs and Vaccines.[3] Splitter also wrote of her experiences that led to her becoming a ‘Reasonable Mom’ on the Grounded Parents website where she cites controversial figure Amy Tuteur who blogs as the Skeptical OB [4] as being influential in her views on parenting.[5][6] Splitter describes Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women’s Forum as being one of “some incredible, smart and interesting conservative women who embrace science and reject fear and alarmism ” that she has met.[7] The Independent Women’s Forum once presented the the Mesa County, Colorado District 51 School Board with a petition containing hundreds signatures of people who wanted global warming instruction stopped as part of their Balanced Education For Everyone campaign.[8]
Splitter also attended "HealthFest 2016" with Neidenbach and detailed their visit to the event commenting that, "Getting safe, privileged Americans to freak out and spend money seems to be the sine qua non of environmental health advocacy these days." [9]
Splitter wrote an article for Vice.com in which she wrote, "Today there is no widespread scientific consensus that BPA is dangerous—some scientists point to studies showing harm at low doses, but others are skeptical about extrapolating risk from animal studies and question whether there's a sufficient health risk to warrant regulatory action."[10] BPA is an endocrine disruptor that imitates the body's hormones, and it can interfere with the production, secretion, transport, action, function, and elimination of natural hormones.[11] The National Institutes of Health says that BPA is widespread in humans.[12] The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that BPA can act like estrogen in the body and potentially change the timing of puberty, decrease fertility, increase body fat, and affect the nervous and immune systems.[13]
Steve Hentges, a member of the American Chemistry Council and Senior Director, Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group, praised Splitter's article as "insightful". [14]
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