"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."
"Levels of BPA in the human body are very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is rapidly eliminated."
"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."
"[…] the scientific evidence at this time does not suggest that the very low levels of human exposure to BPA through the diet are unsafe."
"… the ingestion of BPA via food does not present a risk to consumers"
Bisphenol-A in the Media
Recent articles related to bisphenol A (BPA) in the press
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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)
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The American - Paper and Plastic: When Political Ideology Trumps Sound Science
Scientific institutions around the world reject bans on BPA. So why are politicians imposing them? Well-meaning laws sometimes backfire. That's especially true when they are passed in reaction to media frenzies driven by ideology rather than science. (Read story) -
FoodManufacture.co.uk - EU Bisphenol A ban not based on science, COT
Professor David Coggon, chair of the UK's independent Committee on Toxicity (COT), says the European Commission's move to ban the import of baby bottles using BPA is not based on scientific evidence, and has rejected calls to ban its use in food packaging. (Read story)
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National Review - Don’t Rush to Ban Chemicals
When it comes to stories on so-called toxic substances, the public discourse seems infected by a malady worse than microscopic residues: chemophobia. (Read story)