"BPA poses no health risk to consumers of any age group at current exposure levels"
"BPA poses no health risk to consumers of any age group at current exposure levels"
"An adequate margin of safety exists for BPA at current levels of exposure from food contact uses, for infants and adults"
"The current Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) level for BPA is adequately justified."
"Levels of BPA in the human body are very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is rapidly eliminated."
"Levels of BPA in the human body are very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is rapidly eliminated."
"The highest estimates for aggregated exposure to BPA from both dietary and non-dietary sources are 3 to 5 times lower than the TDI, depending on the age group."
"The current Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) level for BPA is adequately justified."
Bisphenol-A in the Media
Recent articles related to bisphenol A (BPA) in the press
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Maclean's - Bottle battle: Is BPA really bad for our babies?
In a recent paper in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier professor Simon Kiss argues that Health Canada’s decision to classify BPA as toxic in 2008 was the result of political and cultural factors, not because science shows it’s unsafe (read more)
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Forbes - BPA Exposure Is 'Too Low to Cause Harm,' According To Regulators. But You'd Never Know That From The Media Coverage.
EFSA’s tenfold lowering of the TDI is analogous to a small increase in the odds of being struck by a meteorite: There’s no cause for heightened concern (Read more).
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Ingeniøren - Opråb fra forskere: Kemi-frygten har taget overhånd
Steen Honoré Hansen, Professor at the University of Copenhagen, stressed: "The policy conclusions which have been drawn about bisphenol A are filled with errors. Risk assessments show that bisphenol A is not harmful to humans" (Read more).
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The American Spectator - Sour Grapes Over BPA
Last year's research findings by federal government laboratory scientists should have put the scare-mongering over BPA to rest. But the response from those who did not prevail in the FDA decision was sadly predictable: They smeared the agency and its scientific reviewers (Read more).
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FSANZ - From the desk of the Chief Scientist
FSANZ Chief Scientist published his views on the concerns sometimes raised about the presence of a tiny amount of substances not hazardous to humans unless consumed in large doses (Read more).
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Forbes - Mais Non! Europe Gangs Up To Foil France's BPA Ban
EU Member States were not happy with a draft law which emerged last October from the lower house of the French Parliament that would ban BPA in all food packaging by 2014. (Read story)
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NPR - Feds Reject Petition To Ban BPA In Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied a call to ban BPA from food packaging. The action comes after government scientists found little reason to think people are being harmed by the chemical. (Read story)
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Forbes - BPA Is Still OK
Study on the effects of Early-Life BPA exposure is inherently flawed; its results are irrelevant to human health; and its conclusions about BPA’s effects are far-out speculations, if not simply incorrect (Read story).
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Sciences & pseudo-sciences - L’agriculture rend-elle vraiment notre assiette toxique ?
Les consommateurs sont de plus en plus confrontés à une surenchère médiatique de livres, films documentaires et interviews de «spécialistes» qui leur assènent leurs croyances et leurs certitudes sur la toxicité des aliments et sur la responsabilité des méthodes de production agricole. (Read story)