Bisphenol-A in den Medien

Germany's risk watchdog has become the latest official body to declare that bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for "normal" use in baby bottles and should not be banned. (Read story)

Forget GMO and nanotechnology - the biggest food safety issue of our times is bisphenol A (BPA).

On Friday, California decided not to become the latest US state to ban the chemical. After a week of intense political wrangling, Bill SB 797 fell amid a flurry of heart-felt speeches from the floor and last-minute lobbying in the corridors of the State Assembly. (Read story)

Overrating Chemical Risk

Scientists say journalists get it wrong. (Read Story)

US scientific panel refuses to list bisphenol A as hazardous

The ongoing battle over bisphenol A (BPA) took another twist yesterday when a scientific regulatory board in California rejected calls to put the packing chemical on a list of harmful substances. (Read story)

The Latest Toxin Activists Want To Ban

But this chemical, found in plastic bottles, hasn't been proven unsafe. (Read story)

Science Suppressed: How America became obsessed with BPA

An in-depth examination of the science, risk assessment, and media coverage of the most controversial chemical since alar, drawing on interviews with the lead authors of two major risk assessments, and focusing on the accuracy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's award-winning series, "Chemical Fallout," and the newspaper's campaign to have the chemical banned. (Read story)

European safety watchdogs reaffirm belief in safety of BPA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) have no plans to re-examine their advice on bisphenol A (BPA) and have not seen any information that would lead it to question its previous findings. (Read story)

Are Chemicals Killing Us? Toxicologists Say Media Overstate Risks

A groundbreaking new survey of scientists specializing in toxicology calls into question the risks associated with many chemicals as they are routinely depicted in the media. (Read story)

Study does not prove BPA link to disease: EFSA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) claims a recent study did not provide sufficient proof of a causal link between Bisphenol A (BPA) and heart disease, type 2 diabetes and liver enzyme abnormalities, and, as a result, the established Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) is sufficient. (Read story)

Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) joins FDA, others, in affirming safety of BPA

Worldwide support for Bisphenol A (BPA) as used in food and beverage packaging continues to grow even in the face of new research purporting to show evidence of risk from such uses. (Read story)

Consumer agency gives Bisphenol A the all-clear

The Federal Agency for Risk Assessment (BfR) sees no risk to health from Bisphenol A. Certainly not if the tolerable daily limit of 0,05 mg Bisphenol A per kilogram of body weight, as established by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is respected. (Read story)

Why food packaging is wrapped up in myths

"I'm not changing my behaviour on the basis of this single study." Lest we forget, packaging and, in particular, canning, has brought major benefit to our health...(Read story)

Information Nr. 036/2008 of the BfR of 19 September 2008

This week, two new studies from the United States have again brought the chemical bisphenol A into discussion. The [German] Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, BfR) has assessed whether the studies provide any findings that would make necessary an amendment of the health risk assessment. The Institute concludes that in light of the data from both studies there is no reason to change the current risk assessment for bisphenol A. (Read original statement in German or unofficial translation in English)

Activists hit the (plastic) bottle again

"BPA is metabolized and excreted from the body pretty quickly, usually within 24 hours. Without more information on exposure to BPA and disease origins, there is absolutely no basis for linking the two." (Read story)

Your Water Bottle is Not Going to Give You a Heart Attack

The media responded to a new study on bisphenol A (BPA), published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), with hundreds of news stories claiming that the chemical had been "linked" to the occurrence of heart disease and diabetes in people. But given the history of alarmist stories in the media over BPA, and the repeated refusal of the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. and the European Food Safety Agency to place any restrictions on the use of the chemical in polycarbonate bottles and the epoxy resins used to line cans, the question is did the press report this new study's findings accurately or did they spin the findings to support stronger (and perhaps scarier) conclusions? (Read story)

Risky business

From trans fats to chemicals, public perceptions of health risks far outweigh the actual dangers. (Read story)