Bisphenol A safe?
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Results of National Toxicology Program research prompt Michigan Democrats John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Bart Stupak, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, to ask FDA to reconsider the safety of the chemical bisphenol A in products intended for use by infants and children. In an April 14 draft brief, the NTP concludes there is "some concern for neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposures" and "the possibility that bisphenol A may alter human development cannot be dismissed." Stupak says FDA relied on two industry-funded studies to determine the chemical's safety while other authorities "used all available data to reach vastly different conclusions"...