Fri March 30, 2012 Feds To Decide On Banning BPA From Food And
Other Products Originally published on Fri March 30, 2012 4:26
pm UPDATE 4:23 p.m. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has
denied a call to ban the plastic additive BPA from food
packaging. The action comes after government scientists found
little reason to think people are being harmed by the chemical.
The FDA was responding to a petition from the Natural Resources
Defense Council, which called for the ban on BPA, also known as
bisphenol A, from any use where it comes in contact with food.
Environmental groups said the ban would protect consumers from
the health effects of BPA that leaches from products including
some soup cans and water bottles. The chemical can act like
estrogen in the body, and studies of animals show that large
doses can affect the brain and sexual development. But recent
studies done by government researchers at the request of
regulatory agencies suggest it's very unlikely that BPA poses a
health risk to people. The body i