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BPA and Baby Bottles in the News…again
Bisphenol A (BPA) is all over the news! If you haven’t heard, Canada is pulling baby bottles made with BPA off the shelves and it seems the US is reconsidering the position that BPA is safe. I guess Gerber might have to stop telling consumers who inquire about BPA in their products that it’s perfectly safe. See the article below….
Plastic bottle chemical may be harmful: agency
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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.
For the full story you can find this article at:
green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20080415/sc_nm/plastic_bottles_dc.html
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