Bisphenol A (BPA) Archives
New Warning About a Dangerous Chemical, Bisphenol A, Found in Some Baby Bottles
April 16, 2008
There's yet more news today about the dangers of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in baby bottles and sippy cups. I've written about this here, before. Here's a quick summary from a Reuters article I found on Yahoo.
A chemical in some plastic food and drink packaging including baby bottles may be tied to early puberty and prostate and breast cancer, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
Based on draft findings by the National Toxicology Program, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, senior congressional Democrats asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its view that the chemical bisphenol A is safe in products for use by infants and children.
The chemical, also called BPA, is used in many baby bottles and the plastic lining of cans of infant formula.
The National Toxicology Program went further than previous U.S. government statements on possible health risks from BPA.
It said: "There is some concern for neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants and children at current human exposures." The findings expressed concern about exposure in these populations, "based on effects in the prostate gland, mammary gland, and an earlier age for puberty in females."
The Wall Street Journal has the story, too, as well as a link to the actual report.
Here's a good article from The Washington Post on how to reduce your exposure to BPA. And here's a blog, Z Reccomends, that has an extensive review of BPA free products (as always, do your own fact-checking on any products).
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